Planners originally announced a Sept. 11, 2013, dedication of a Cleburne monument honoring the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, area firefighters and others. More than a decade of little or no ...

When I wrote "Family Man,"the biography of Dr. James Dobson, in 2005, I had good reason to believe that other biographers — perhaps even the man himself — might later also attempt to explain him, his ...

(RNS) — Dr. James Dobson spent a lifetime telling America something many didn’t want to hear: The strength of our nation rises and falls on the strength of our families. For decades, socially liberal ...

Decades before James Dobson, who died Thursday at age 89, became a stalwart of the religious right—zealously promoting conservative Christian values through his organization Focus on the Family and ...

It wasn’t long ago that the death of an important figure among the Christian right would have been big national news. These were people held in high esteem by the political establishment, credited ...

James Dobson, the Christian family psychologist-turned media titan who founded Focus on the Family and launched a career in public ministry in which he exerted influence over the highest levels of ...

Dr. James Dobson, the evangelical Christian family psychologist and media figure, died at the age of 89 on August 21, 2025. He left his mark on conservative politics and religion by advising multiple ...

James Dobson, the evangelical Christian broadcaster who waged war on homosexuality and championed “family values” in a long crusade that made him one of the nation’s most influential leaders of the ...

James Dobson, one of the nation’s most influential evangelical leaders and founder of Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, died Aug. 21 at the age of 89. The Dr. James Dobson Family Institute ...

One of psychologist James Dobson’s more famous books, “The Strong-Willed Child,” advocated hitting children as punishment. Dobson, the 89-year-old founder of Focus on the Family, who died Thursday, ...

James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died on Thursday. He was ...