The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation.

I really believe that coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance. Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table; faith-based justice offers a place at the table.

You only have to glance at the daily news to see how passions are stirred by claims of exclusive loyalty to one's own kin, one's own clan, one's own country, and one's own church. These ties that bind are vital to our communities and our lives, but they can also be twisted into a noose.

If the watchdog doesn't bark, how do you know there's a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog.

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.

Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder.