Growing up a Roman Catholic who has constantly faced an inner battle with faith and traditional religious beliefs, Pope Francis' death sits with me. I have struggled with the inner turmoil of my ...

If you would like to fight back against the illegal transport of an American citizen to the administration's gulag in El Salvador without due process, one idea is to boycott Salvadoran products ...

To the Editor: Much has been said and written about these fine women who were our first contact into this world. They carried us in their wombs for nine months then gave birth to us. They fed us ...

Sunday is Mother’s Day, a holiday that can bring much joy for some but incredible pain for some families. In 2012 I lost my child Michael to a drug overdose. Last year, nearly 90,000 lives ...

Recent flooding in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia have impacted lives beyond imagination. Local citizens and leadership in these areas rolled up their sleeves to help their neighbors, friends ...

It is the afternoon of May 1 as I write this letter. In Montpelier, we end a month of hoping to end child abuse, symbolized by all the blue pinwheels displayed around the city. The pinwheels are a ...

Some food trends put in deep roots, some are fleeting, some are outright silly and some are just plain fun. I am putting the “just plain fun” label on this one: pearl-shaped foods that pop in ...

Auto insurance rates are outrageous, and there's a reason for it that wasn’t mentioned by either Gov. Jeff Landry or Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple. There's a proven correlation between ...

The United States presidency is widely deemed the most powerful position on Earth. The office of the president, that is — more so than the individual occupant. This distinction is evident today ...

I don’t know why pollsters don’t separate out the two political parties more often, because it does make a difference. In newer polls, we now see that the percentage of Republicans identifying ...

In November 2024, before the election results were determined, Jonathan Capehart, of The Washington Post, said that the results of the election will tell us what kind of country we have.

Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution states clearly and directly that “Congress shall have the power to collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to pay the debts and provide for the ...