Opinion

One of the few issues most Americans can agree on when it comes to the thorny topic of immigration is that longtime residents who were brought into the United …

Back in the heady church-growth days of the 1980s and 1990s, researchers John and Sylvia Ronsvalle began hearing caution creep into their interviews with churc…

Imagine your doctor tells you that you have a serious wasting condition. Your physician prescribes a powerful kind of therapy that has serious side effects sim…

Sleep is finally having its moment. I'm a sleep researcher and clinician, and it's exhilarating to see broader recognition that sleep is important, yet I am of…

WASHINGTON -- Anyone acquainted with human nature -- and with government, which exists to cope with human nature -- should not be surprised: When government al…

Loretta Broker, Jefferson City

Amid all the attention recently to "Trumpty Dumpty's" do-over presidential candidacy, the midterm elections and Speaker Nancy Pelosi's semi-farewell, one bit o…

Frank Rycyk, Jefferson City

Today, big media has an agenda. Fox and most talk radio push right; most other media spin left.

Thank you for your service, Iowa and New Hampshire. But it's time to end the prominent, influential perch you two small rural states have long enjoyed in winno…

Not all lessons are learned in a classroom.

Dear Editor, Thanksgiving is past for another year, as is Black Friday. But when I focus on Jesus, Thanksgiving is every day. From yesterday's Stand Firm de…

Dear Editor, I have chosen to share parts of the "Give Him 15" devotional for Nov. 23, which is so applicable:

If you ask any security consultant about one of the biggest physical security risks a business can take, high up on the list would be having huge piles of cash…

When National Public Radio appeals for donations, it explains its mission is "to create a more informed public -- one challenged and invigorated by a deeper un…