Columns

What are the most real and valuable things in life?

Experiencing New York made me reexamine my prejudices against urban life.

The power of big money in politics must be restrained.

You never know what you’re going to get during the dinner table family roundup of the day’s events. Our kindergartner recently told us: “The king and queen of England used to be really mean. They made everybody go to one church. They wouldn’t let people go to other churches.

Latino Catholics are America’s demographic and democratic future.

Advent is a good time for turning vague regrets into conscious acts of love.

There is someone drawn to every imaginable activity.

Archery engages not only the body, but also the mind.

Religious repression and violence affect women most.

Polling remains as much of an art as it is a science.