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What’s the best path to financial success and personal happiness? Get married, says a sociologist who has studied the matter, according to a report by The Washington Times’ Sean Salai. Subscribe to have The Washington Times’ Higher Ground delivered to your inbox every Sunday. Marriage means more financial stability than its alternatives, helps prevent suicide by ensuring […]

Economics, loss of faith push churches to the suburbs

Dennis Mical never expected to transform a crumbling Eastern Orthodox church in his childhood neighborhood in Pennsylvania into a volunteer arts center where musicians jam. But the retired state auditor says it’s better to hear the rhythyms of rock and jazz echoing in the building than the howl of the wind whipping through it. “Most […]

Georgia Republicans deny Fani Willis inquiry is a ‘witch hunt,’ but Democrats doubt good faith

ATLANTA — The Republican leading a specially-appointed Georgia state Senate committee that’s supposed to investigate whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis committed misconduct proclaimed repeatedly Friday during the panel’s first meeting that he seeks just the facts, but the lead Democrat begrudgingly serving on the panel said she doubts the group can overcome its […]

NFL players of faith in Super Bowl 58 in 2024

This year’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers has all the makings of an NFL classic as the defending champions take on Mr. Irrelevant and the comeback kids in a replay of their 2020 matchup. With tens of millions of people set to tune in, there’s a lot on […]