This letter is in response to the column by Susan Estrich titled “I’m with Gov. Newson,” in the Friday, Aug. 29, newspaper, in which Ms. Estrich states “Texas is redrawing districts to unfairly pad ...

Editor: Most people like a clean house but don’t like to clean. Similarly, most people want government to work for them but find it elusive to steer it in that direction. To keep government running ...

Editor: The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, press, religion and assembly, while protecting citizens from government interference in expressing their opinions. In the late 1960s, the ...

My grandfather, Joseph Aloysius Bodey, immigrated to southwest Missouri in the early 1880s. There he met Margaret, a daughter of immigrants, married her, and together raised four children. One was my ...

In my 48 years as a Catholic priest (12 more in seminary formation), I have never been so embarrassed by the words of a prelate than what Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said about ...

Monday marks a major milestone in the history of the Peace Corps. On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the original Peace Corps Act, which formally authorized this unique and ...