President Donald Trump and MAGA are in a meltdown over socialism. While Trump has made his political fortune fomenting fear, now he and MAGA are afraid of losing the midterms. One of the shibboleths they’re raising in response is “socialism.”...
“I will ask off work if you really want me to. But I think you need to do this trip solo. And just heal.” Heeding those words from my wife, here I am, south of Daytona Beach, Fla. — in…
Shortly after she shaved her head, my friend got a $1,600 bill in the mail. Just 39 years old, she was diagnosed with breast cancer recently. She had surgery to remove the cancer and both her breasts. And even though…
A Jewish couple denied foster and adoption training by a state-funded Christian organization urged a Tennessee court to rule their religious rights were violated by a law that funnels taxpayer funds to faith-based child placement providers. Attorneys for Elizabeth and…
When you have a few years on you, as I do, you start running into reruns, reboots and reiterations. How many Spider-Man movie reboots have there been since the 1970s? How many versions of Pride and Prejudice? How many efforts…
I am divorced. There, I said it. It has taken me five years to write those three words publicly. Five years of learning how to tell my story without telling “that” part of my story. Five years of talking about…
On July 24, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to slander the work of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., by demanding signs be placed out front accusing the Smithsonian of pushing a “woke” version of history. These signs,…
Nothing can surpass the certainty of American conservatives, even when they’re wrong. Right-wing blogger Matt Walsh is the latest to prove this. He has produced a seven-part series on Watergate in which he claims the history of Watergate has been…
Faithful America is back with its annual list of false prophets of Christian nationalism. This year’s list of 10 includes four members of the Trump administration, five current candidates for office and one governor. The “False Prophets Don’t Speak for…
Dear Editor: We, the Heart of Texas Network for Immigrant Rights (HOTNIR) Faith Support Team, are — as people of faith — compelled to condemn the violence against immigrant and mixed-status families we are witnessing in our community. We recognize…
President Donald Trump wants Americans — and Canadians — to start looking at one of the Great Lakes differently. Lake Ontario, he decrees, should become “Lake America.” At first glance, the name itself is not necessarily offensive. In fact, there…
As anticipated, James Talarico will speak at Baylor University this fall. The Baptist-affiliated university announced Sept. 1 that Talarico, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, will host a campaign event at Baylor Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Mark and…
I don’t know if a cardiologist would notice, but America’s collective heart is contracting — and has been for at least the last few years. I am not a physician or a scholar, but in my own life, I generally…
