Darkness and light are but one, the psalmist tells us. Our lives are filled with both. Sugar and skulls. Flowers and dust. Love and loss. You cannot embrace one without allowing the other.

Both the church and the nation will steadily shrink without newcomers from beyond our national borders. But there are big differences in how immigration plays out in different parts of the U.S.

Running for president in 1928, Al Smith argued it was possible to be both a good Catholic and a faithful servant of the American people, writes Terry Golway. Even in losing, he changed U.S. history.

Healing teeth can be a first step in restoring hope and giving us a chance to tell a new story with our lives.

Everybody would get this money, regardless of their wealth or income: you, your mom, Bill Gates. The payments would be made for life.

To listen carefully to an arguing group is to gain a peculiar glimpse into the desires and anxieties of that group.