This is the year of the lesser evil. Some such counsel has been repeated over and again to Sanders-affected Democrats and Trump-averse Republicans.

The United States needs to restore a particular kind of politics as usual.

President's power to pick next Supreme Court justices keep some Catholics on board the Trump campaign.

Donald Trump is seeking to woo Catholics via a letter writing campaign.

A stranger arrives in the Irish village of Cloonoila, trailing a whiff of folklore with his beard, long black coat and incomprehensible mutterings.

A question about the candidates' faith provoked a conversation about how political figures should balance religious beliefs in the public square.

The Supreme Court did an exemplary job last term building consensus to avoid all but a few evenly split votes, but this term it cannot escape deciding emergency election disputes.

Asylum versus ImmigrationRe “Step Up on Syrian Refugees” (Current Comment, 9/19): The editors’ comment on the Syrian refugee issue is certainly needed and welcome, but America continues to miss the important distinction between asylum and immigration. Thus the statement that &

We did not hear much if anything about crucial questions for Catholic voters.

In searching for leadership, I have found it not on the campaign trail but, ironically, one floor away from my office.