After a wild few weeks, the top of the ticket is once again set for Democrats and Republicans. Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck. Over the…

CHICAGO — There are fake champions and there are real ones. And you’ll never see the difference clearer than when you compare Hulk Hogan’s shirt-ripping act at the Republican National Convention to Steve Kerr’s appearance…

CHICAGO — I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The Kansas City Chiefs belong to Missouri and Kansas. The two states really shouldn’t be in competition for a team we all love and…

Last Friday, the White House released a joint statement with Qatar and Egypt letting the world know that cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas were in their final stage. A so-called bridging proposal was sent…

The June presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump was marked by a series of low points, each more abyssal than the last — but for working parents, the absolute nadir…

Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, has spent the week defending comments he made a few years ago in which he, among other things, referred to having children as an “investment in the future of…

As a practitioner engaged with peace processes around the world for the past four decades, I am asked with increasing frequency an unsettling question: Are we headed toward civil war here in these United States?…

Before Gov. Tim Walz became the most famous person in America to coach high school football, there was Eric Taylor. Coach Taylor was sensitive. Coach Taylor put his players first. Coach Taylor could motivate without…

Imagine that well-meaning politicians created a government program that was supposed to help people.  Now, imagine that same program getting 30 years of tax dollars and helping precisely nobody.  Worse yet, imagine that the program’s…

My daughter, Becca Schmill, would have turned 23 this year. Becca was a beautiful, caring person whose smile lit up every room. She had hopes and dreams of her own, but before she was able…