My husband and I just became a statistic in a very small minority. Less than 7% of couples in this country have been married 50 years or more. (I married when I was 5 years old. ...) Anyways, when friends learn this about us, they ask how we did it. Some turn to my husband and ask him why. ...

In U.S. presidential elections, the value of a vote is entirely dependent upon three factors: 1. location 2. location 3. location. This indisputable fact means that in each presidential election millions of votes are utterly irrelevant and immaterial. Consider: Recently, Trump received ...

As we approach 2025, I’ve been thinking about and researching how we can better ensure that more girls and young women in our state can thrive. Importantly, I also care about boys and young men and encourage others to do that work as well. The bottom line is that we need to promote mental ...

Evangelical Republicans today are like certain characters in the Bible in Jesus’ day, the very spiritual, very educated, very rich, very law-abiding and very beautifully clothed Pharisees. Jesus could hardly find words to describe them because they were so certain of themselves and yet so far ...

If ever there was a story with variations on a theme, it’s the Nativity story — the story of the birth of baby Jesus. Most versions include the same basic parts and pieces: a tired mom, a worried dad, an inn, a stable, some animals, then a star, then shepherds and finally wisemen. And ...

One of the most tragic conflicts of the Cold War era (1945-1991), took place between the southeast Asian counties of North and South Vietnam. With some help from the Soviet Union, the communist forces of North Vietnam eventually prevailed.  While U.S. support for South Vietnam did not prevent ...