Opinion

On this day ten years ago, Bethany and I were in Nanning, China trying to convince a two-year-old boy named Jiang Yi Jian that we were his new mama and

Dear White Folks, Time and again, I keep hearing that it is “time to take back America.” This mantra is often repeated by the same people—conservative Whites—who are also fond

While I was subbing in a second grade classroom last week, a parent of one of my students informed me that her daughter had read my most recent column. Of

With the possibility of overnight frost in the forecast, I decided to winterize our camping trailer last weekend. I thought it might be a good idea to avoid having to

There is nothing unusual about there being a few tears shed within the confines of a primary school building on any given day. Southern Boone’s primary school is no exception.

When our daughter Tiana started playing soccer six years ago, Bethany and I weren’t sure what to expect. Watching Tiana play basketball had already taught us that our daughter, who

A few years ago, a young lady very dear to me confided that she was repeatedly raped by a close member of her family beginning when she was just seven

Last week was eventful, to say the very least. In just seven days, I attended seven live sporting events, serving as the press box announcer for four football games and

On August 31, a twelve-year-old boy walked into a classroom at North Scott Junior High School in Eldridge, Iowa armed with a .22 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun. He ordered

Before pulling our new-ish travel trailer to Springfield, Missouri, for the season’s final camping trip last weekend, I asked my friend Matt Old to take a look at my 2000