What do we think of when we think about our presidents? The courage of George Washington crossing the Delaware? The resolute ...

I wrote a column that grappled with hope amid a world facing dark times. One of the things on my mind was starving children in Gaza. The column wasn't specifically about Gaza or the Middle East. It ...

An Arizona lawmaker is questioning the legality of the lease-purchase deal that bailed the Isaac School District out of its ...

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What the Bible and history tell us about the claim that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants.

Anthony Julius' biography of Abraham argues for the duality of the first Jew, with one life based in reason and another in ...

But in a twist, Julius, who has been fascinated by the binding of Isaac since he first encountered it in a comic strip as a boy, argues against Abraham as a unified personality. If Abraham 1 was a ...

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Two high school football stars from Gaylord have signed to play for Michigan Tech University. Keaton Abraham and Connor Byram were key players on Gaylord's successful football team, which included ...