John T. Shaw

April 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is a forceful champion of compassion, tolerance, generosity and humility.

March 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Jim Edgar believed in limited but effective government, but also boosted funds for early childhood programs and education.

February 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Danielle Sassoon had reasons to quietly go along with the Trump program. But she choose a different path.

January 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A former moderate congressman from Indiana, Lee Hamilton, believed Congress should work with, but not be a supplicant to, the executive branch.

January 1, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, thinks big, acts boldly and speaks clearly — and truthfully.

November 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

During a dark presidential campaign, two mayors from swing states insisted on placing the public interest above their personal or partisan interest.

October 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Arguably, no single issue in American life is in greater need of statesmanship than immigration.

September 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Richard Lugar's career exemplifies the central elements of statesmanship: vision, courage, compassion, effectiveness and civility.

September 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

One of the unspoken tragedies of our current political moment is we spend far too little time discussing the policy challenges that confront us.

August 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Ottawa, Illinois, was in a dispiriting descent in 1999. But Mayor Robert Eschbach saw hope and opportunity.

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