Michael Brendan Dougherty

Only a culture soaked in a belief in original sin can honor men for the good they did, for the events at which they were present.

Unlike his more hawkish advisers, the one bit of foreign-policy wisdom Trump has might be a form of self-awareness.

Brexit is proof that a democratic mandate can overturn the “inevitable.

Some of our responses to the pandemic and other crises echo the flagellant movement of the 14th century.

Increased funding has been key to the decades-long drop in our violent-crime rates.

Yesterday was the anniversary of his death by suicide. His model of curiosity and generosity is disappearing from the world when we need it.

Apparently, the social-distancing guidelines that were a matter of life and death yesterday can be disregarded today — for the right cause.