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372 stories Updated Nov 2, 2026 Related desks: Travel & Lifestyle

The lead Nov 2, 2026 9

Don’t Forget Democrats’ War on Christians

Christian voters should not forget what Democrat victories would mean for them: a renewal of the left’s war on people of faith and a blow to President Trump’s efforts to protect religious liberty.

Catherine Butler

Oct 30, 2026 8

ECHOES OF EXCEPTIONALISM: A Legacy Carried on Silver Wings

How one Vietnam helicopter pilot's heroic act embodied a promise that we all carry with us today.

Phill Kline

Oct 29, 2026 6

The Surprising Science Behind Sharing Your Life Stories

One man set out to write a few old stories for his children and ended up with 45, each triggering the next through what science calls neural coupling.

Robert B. Charles

Oct 28, 2026 5

Finding Gratitude in Each Day God Gives Us

Behind the Iron Curtain at 23, a Solidarity leader's family sheltered him until he slipped out through East Germany, one of the near-misses he now counts as grace.

Robert B. Charles

Oct 27, 2026 5

Why Patience Was the Mark of a Stronger Generation

The WWII generation treated impatience as a failing and restraint as a sign of character, competing to listen hardest and stay calm rather than shout loudest.

Robert B. Charles

Oct 23, 2026 1

Beauty, Warning, and Cheer: Three Brief Poems by Robert Frost

Frost's three shortest poems — "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "Fire and Ice," and "Dust of Snow" — run just eight or nine lines each, yet weigh beauty, ruin, and a crow in the snow.

Robert B. Charles