We are now witnessing the start of what might be seen as Phase 2 of Trump's efforts to eradicate political opposition. Phase 1 has centered on silencing criticism. It has featured retribution toward people Trump deemed personal "enemies" — not just Democrats who had led the criticisms and ...

Over the past several years, I’ve noticed a continual decline in attendance at my church and a greater decline in parents enrolling their children in religious education classes, traditionally referred to as Sunday School. The Sunday School program at my church has suffered for many years ...

It is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more difficult to do so when the victim was a personal friend. The pain is profound. Charlie Kirk and I ...

SAVANNAH, Georgia — Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging and purpose. It's what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. This service eventually led him to become an Apache helicopter pilot in the 160th Special ...

This is not about Charlie Kirk. He was admirable as a debater and as a conservative who welcomed debate. Some of his utterances were reprehensible, but no one should die because of opinions. This is about the 22-year-old who apparently shot and killed Kirk from a rooftop — and also the ...

For those of us of a certain age, the assassination of Charlie Kirk brought back memories of other momentous assassinations -- the moment of disbelief and then stomach-turning horror on first hearing the news, the sense that events were tilting wildly out of kilter, the fear that more terrible ...