by Brad Jeffcoat | Apr 29, 2026 | Opinion
Very loud people have declared that a person who is transgender is so fundamentally different and “delusional” that it is impossible for “normal people” to understand. I don’t believe that is true. I bet we’ve all had moments when we felt the people around us weren’t...
by Giorgio W.K. Hiatt | Apr 29, 2026 | Opinion
“No take-backs!” Every child knows injustice when she experiences it. You can’t make a move and then change it on a whim. It’s not right. It’s not fair. It ruins the game. The plight of refugee families is not a game, yet the current policies and practices of...
by Lloyd Mann | Mar 5, 2026 | Opinion
Much of my life, I have been an immigrant. Born in Oklahoma City, I emigrated at age 6 with my mother and sister to Japan in 1947 to join my father, an Army chaplain, as some of the first civilians to enter Japan after World War II. We were stared at, laughed at and...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 30, 2026 | Opinion
The United States is trying to survive two ice storms this week. A major winter storm moved through much of the country, leaving behind heavy snow and ice from Arizona to Maine. Arctic temperatures settled in behind the front, sending thermometers near or below zero...
by Delaney Metcalf | Nov 19, 2025 | Opinion
The tables are set, and you’re sitting at one. Every day, in every room, we reenact the same quiet sorting: who belongs, who doesn’t, who gets welcomed, who gets ignored. It’s not just middle school lunchrooms anymore. It’s our churches, our neighborhoods, our social...
