The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue reminds us that we need the voices of the dark past to help us understand the choices we now face.

Exit polls showed that Catholic voters "split right down the middle." Reflecting the growing number of Hispanic voters, 50 percent of Catholics overall said they voted for Democrats, while 49 percent voted for Republicans.

Respondents cited current events as evidence for how irresponsible political rhetoric can result in violence.

Bob Woodward offers a grim portrait of a presidential administration that seems increasingly unhinged.

Maybe we just like victimizing each other and never addressing basic problems. But our young citizens have had enough of this political show and are making a spectacle of their own.

No single person can be trusted to wield power; therefore, power must be shared among many and policed by a legal system of checks and balances.