Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

The Rowan County clerk who famously spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of court orders may have exacerbated a rift between Pope Francis and his chief accuser.

When public school teachers are investigated for alleged wrongdoing, the investigation is part of the record that is shared when they try to get other jobs.

Back then, some evangelical Christians argued that demands for government protection for Christianity signaled that their religion had failed.

Recent moves by the deeply conservative Russian Orthodox Church, combined with acts of Russian state aggression, can only be seen as concrete efforts to undermine liberal democracy around the world.