I choose to respect the spiritual goodness in all people.

Regardless of who readers thought should take the lead, a striking majority called for collaboration in battling climate change.

We need to get back to honest debate and decent, well-thought criticism of both President Trump and the opposition party.

The majority of our readers argued for an increase in spending across a number of categories, including Medicare and health (71 percent of readers).

Seventy-two percent of our reader sample told America that, for good or ill, the way their children were welcomed had a critical effect on their own relationship with their parish.