NCR readers respond to coverage of the origins of Vatican II, "Marty Supreme" and the bishops' opposition to Trump.

The Best American Essays 2025 (Mariner) is an anthology of 21 nonfiction prose pieces written by North American writers in 2024 and selected in 2025. In a word, this selection is encouraging, in part ...

What’s so special about summer? Is it the break from school? The family trips? The impromptu adventures and the opportunity to do whatever you want? For students, sure. For everyone else, these days, ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a key Enlightenment figure, questioned societal norms and authority, emphasizing equality and liberty. His quote, 'To be sane in a world of madmen is in itself madness,' ...

G-d is steady and dependable—unchanging. And He wants to dwell within the steady rhythm of your everyday life. The miracle may offer a fleeting glimpse, but the miracle is not His home. The ordinary ...

Understanding how they’re different is a starting point for conversation.

OpEd: Different views of Christianity guide different opinions on House Bill 360, which would ban drag shows.

A seemingly lawless location featured on Yellowstone and now it's spin-off series Marshals is actually based on a real place.

When Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no one flourishes in a repressive police state ...

Stanford University says 38% of its students are disabled. Is it a sign of an accommodating campus, or students gaming the system?

There is anguish and confusion that the ‘prince of the humanities’ has fallen so far ...

In happier days I had penned a piece called “The Gas Guy” in Desktop Doodles. Little did I know at that time that one day the ...