Ten smart questions to ask agents

Ten smart questions to ask agents

Jul 05, 2025

Being informed is one of your biggest lines of defense when it comes to preparedness. Recently, I explained how to avoid being underinsured, and an integral part of that is reviewing your homeowners policies with your agent to know exactly what is and what is not in your coverage. Having a conversation about the intricacies of insurance can be daunting, and you might not know where to begin. I want to give you a starting place to guide you in understanding your policies with these 10 questions to ask your insurance agent.

Hip-hop has become common language

Hip-hop has become common language

Jul 03, 2025

In the first centuries of Christian life, bishops wrestled with the Greek in this puzzle – whether God the Father and Jesus were “homoiousios” (of similar substance) or “homoousios” (of one substance), with “one substance” winning the day.

Democrats searching for the magic issue

Democrats searching for the magic issue

Jun 27, 2025

This column is about the current dreadful state of the Democratic Party. But begin with this extraordinary fact: At this time eight years ago, in the first year of Donald Trump’s first term as president, the Russia special counsel, Robert Mueller, had already been appointed and had been investigating Trump for a month. What Trump calls the Russia hoax dominated media coverage. Commentators slandered Trump on a daily basis. Trump’s job approval rating fell into the high 30s in the RealClear-Politics average of polls. In the White House, the new president was distracted and on the defensive, knocked back on his feet from his first moments in office.

Congress must act to help Postmaster

Congress must act to help Postmaster

Jun 26, 2025

The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a selfinduced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate increases and degraded service. David Steiner, who will take over as Postmaster General on July 14, 2025, has a tough job to do and little time to do it with some estimates indicating the USPS could be insolvent as soon as 2028. Congress has a key role to play in helping him right the ship but must get off the sidelines and act. A useful step occurred earlier this week with a hearing before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations. The National Newspaper Association (NNA) provided a statement for the hearing that lays out key actions Congress can take to help restore the USPS.

Being a good dad is important

Being a good dad is important

Jun 14, 2025

Making sure the inherent needs of others are met before our own is what we should strive to do, especially when it comes to our own children.

There’s more to Catholic liturgy wars

There’s more to Catholic liturgy wars

Jun 12, 2025

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics – he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.

Marc Garneau touches the face of God

Marc Garneau touches the face of God

Jun 11, 2025

MONTREAL – There’s been a lot of attention lately on one of the world’s bigmouths and his vision for space flight. It might be more profitable to listen to the thinking of one of the quiet men who knew, from hard-won experience, about travel in space, the meaning of such voyages and the lessons we on Earth might learn from them.

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