his column is about the intersection of faith and politics.  I first wrote most of these thoughts five years ago, but have been reluctant to publish t...

n late January, Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick donned their yellow scarves and took to the capitol steps to champion school vouchers, a cause also b...

few months ago, in the health section of one of my news magazines, was an article that in essence said we don’t have to die. I quote. “Eating vegetabl...

s most of y’all recall, there was a big women’s march last month in both Washington D.C. and up in Austin. Oops, I’m sorry. I did not mean to infer th...

Editor’s Note: A version of this column was originally published in 2007. unxsutawney Phil must be stopped. You know Phil. Every Feb. 2, Groundhog Day...

ear Sir (or Madam, as the case may be): Perhaps you’ve heard that we have a new president down here in the U.S. of A. I recently conferred with him, a...

hat a day Saturday was! Women, men and children across the nation and across the globe marched, joining arms with others, in support of women’s rights...

he river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too.” Herman Hesse’s line is about an actual mass of water droplets, but it certainly could ...

et this: The share of millennials who own a home has fallen to a 30-year low. What’s worse, reports The Wall Street Journal, is that 32 percent of 18-...

ooking around the ballroom, the first thing you notice is the lack of regalia – no tuxes, no flowing gowns, no shiny footwear, no clinking jewels. Nor...