They’re unpredictable, volatile and prone to sharp emotional swings. They have short attention spans and find change difficult because they are frequently scared of new things or overly enthusiastic about them. They’re impulsive, demand attention…

Kamala Harris has done a remarkable job of consolidating the Democratic Party’s base of women and voters of color since President Biden dropped out of the race just over two weeks ago. She is now…

Donald Trump created a monster, and it lives. We heard last week from Trump’s campaign that reports of Project 2025’s demise “would be greatly welcomed.” Campaign co-managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles offered that comment…

In reviewing the positions of Republican candidates vying for the 2nd Congressional District, I frequently have to double-check I’m still in Kansas. As in 855 miles from the Rio Grande River in El Paso, Texas.…

In Thursday’s extraordinary prisoner exchange between Russia and several Western countries, my friend Vladimir Kara-Murza has been released from captivity. A Moscow court had sentenced him to 25 years for the unforgivable “crime” of speaking…

It’s an election year, which means we’ll be hearing a lot from both Democrats and Republicans claiming that their party is the one true champion of working-class Americans. Sure, but what does it mean to…

At 3 a.m. on July 8, a man with a hammer decapitated an 18-foot sculpture of a woman at the University of Houston. I made this sculpture, and I called it “Witness” as an allegory…

Sometimes I ask myself, “What would Jesus say?” Not the fabled “What would Jesus do?” (WWJD) of a distant era, but rather what would He say? Any comforting words He might have for us after…

This nation was founded on a simple yet profound principle: No one is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. No…

I welcomed Sunday’s news that President Joe Biden would not run for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in his stead.  As a former attorney general for California, Harris was tough on crime, prosecuting…