Ryan Sanders

“I think he is a war criminal.” — President Joe Biden, speaking about Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Thursday, CNN) “A talented and brave journalist,...

In a pair of recent columns, I’ve been asking readers to consider the dangers of Christian nationalism and the cultural factors that have contributed to its...

“I hung up on the president. I’m sorry, Mr. President.” — Joey Reed, father of American Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who was released from a Russian prison...

The U.S. Supreme Court hasn’t officially done anything in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health — not a single word of opinion yet issued — and yet they have...

This column is part of our ongoing Opinion commentary on faith, called Living Our Faith. Find this week’s reader question and get weekly roundups of the...

Evaluating last week’s dust-up over a McAllen church’s staging of Hamilton has me remembering a classic gag from Hee Haw. That country-fied TV revue ran for...

It was probably inevitable that Matt Chandler’s removal from The Village Church’s pulpit would get a lot of people suddenly interested in the centuries-long...

There’s a political battle being waged this election year that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention. It’s the fight over language. Deeper than the internet memes...

In 1936, a Dallas artist named Charles Bowling painted a simple, rectangular scene of a small country church, steepled, clapboarded and painted white, on the...

There was a moment in our nation’s recent cultural history when we all thought social media would become our new public square — the place where we could all...

Max Lucado’s 41st book is about grace, which parallels the author’s attitudes about issues of the day. Rather than berate political opponents “America’s...

Introducing former Channel 8 anchor Iohn McCaa as the newest Dallas Morning News Contributing Columnist.

In the 10 states with the highest rates of gun deaths, 48% of their citizens own weapons. In the 10 states with the lowest gun deaths rates, only 21% of the...

Ryan Sanders: America seems to have lost its appetite and ability for reform. Instead of improving our institutions, we’re abandoning them, or tearing them...

The nation’s first law firm dedicated solely to representing detransitioners is in Dallas, and it’s busy. The firm has filed 4 suits already and has talked...

Ryan Sanders: A new book from Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky theorizes that free will doesn’t exist. It’s the extreme end of a germ of determinism showing...

A collection of the best essays from The Dallas Morning News Contributing Columnists this year.

Announcing Tyra Damm as our newest contributing columnist.

This election year, what if voters simply decided to reject outrage?

Ryan Sanders: We all need “news friends” – a private council of trusted people with whom we can process the release all the world’s awful brokenness. Those...