Clinton teachers deserve praise

Every so often someone will pop off something to the effect of, “Teachers have it really easy, especially with three months off.”Come again?

Where Francis is, there is no weeping

Pope Francis has died, and I have a regret. Early on in his pontificate, I wanted to write a book that would have his face on the cover. At the time, everyone seemed to be coming out with a book on “the Francis effect” about the first pope from the Americas.

The moral messenger’s warning

On Easter morning, the day before he died, Pope Francis met Vice President JD Vance, a devout defender of President Trump’s virulent anti-immigration policies.

Like to eat? Thank a farmer, rancher

One of the single most toughest jobs is being a farmer and/or rancher. Be it the weather, the markets, the politicians, or a myriad of many other factors, there is conflict around every corner for these embattled people.

Essential mystery of the Garcia case

After all the talking and arguing about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal bordercrosser and alleged gang member deported by the United States and now imprisoned in El Salvador, there is still a fundamental unanswered question about the case: Why is he imprisoned in El Salvador?

‘The flames rose and so did the people’

Instead of sleeping in on Saturday morning, Darcy Olsen and her four children woke to their attic on fire. Her people came to help.Darcy founded the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, which makes sure that kids in foster care have legal representation.

Americans question more than before

This is an era when the great certainties that ruled American life for nearly three generations are being questioned more deeply, more widely and more seriously than at any time in decades.

Nothing artificial about true Easter

One of the most useless creations ever brought forth by man is the grand invention of green plastic Easter grass.Yes, it does serve a purpose of sorts by being a cushion or stuffing for Easter baskets, but that quote, unquote “usefulness” is suspect at best.

Trump’s tariff’s are freezing the economy

Klarna, StubHub and Medline have put on hold their initial public offerings. Jaguar Land Rover has paused all car shipments to the United States. Nintendo has delayed taking preorders for its new game console, the Switch 2, to assess the effect of tariffs on prices.

History lends context to conflicts

It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American schoolchildren.