We  all face these questions. Probably almost every day. In a conversation with our spouse or one of our children or a friend, or a subordin...

I recently read two galvanizing books: "How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, and "These Truths: A His...

I grew up a Republican. My parents were dyed- in- the- wool Republicans. They voted for Dewey over Truman. My Mother wrote the campaign song...

  The power of engaging with history does note rest merely in the knowing and remembering of it; though, in any society, remembering is v...

  This was the mind-opening perspective offered by the pastor of my church several years ago.      He offered it to recognize the i...

“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United State...

What we most need in our next President:  Moral leadership which can unite our nation.  It has happened before. It can happen again. Fran...