Courts have not fully educated themselves on the reality of dementia, that the man they’re executing is no longer the man who committed the crime.

I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.

Standing behind him, in spirit if not on stage, were his warped “faith advisers”—Evangelical extremists who treat the Book of Revelation like a war manual.

My ancestors were told that their gods, their rituals, their ways of relating to the land were evil—and they were punished for honoring them.

Two of my favorite paintings are by Carl Bloch and Frans Schwartz of the same subject.