I can understand why many Americans seem dispirited about world affairs. Things are indeed a mess. What I cannot understand, however, is the electorate’s seeming indifference to the global mess: an ...

Indifference is one of the toughest attitudes to grasp in a relationship. When a man starts pulling away without explanations, his silence can weigh more than any words. The coldness that wasn't there ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

To the extent we can, we set our own boundaries. We do so by either resisting, deflecting or neglecting whatever is outside them. We deflect or neglect what we want to keep outside our boundaries. Out ...