I can understand why many Americans seem dispirited about world affairs. Things are indeed a mess. What I cannot understand, however, is the electorate’s seeming indifference to the global mess: an ...

Indifference is one of the toughest attitudes to grasp in a relationship. When a man starts pulling away without explanations, his silence can weigh more than any words. The coldness that wasn't there ...

The Italian word for "indifference" is carved into a concrete wall at the entrance to the Holocaust Memorial at the central train station in Milan, Italy. The word has sat ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

In my upbringing, nobody discussed what went on behind closed doors. I grew up in a chaotic home. In the 1980s, people kept chaotic homes a secret. No one discussed what went on behind closed doors.

To the extent we can, we set our own boundaries. We do so by either resisting, deflecting or neglecting whatever is outside them. We deflect or neglect what we want to keep outside our boundaries. Out ...