Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech 57 years ago today. I’m understating the case to say that nonviolence hasn’t quite won out yet. I could fill this post with links to news reports just from today, from this country, proving that point. With all that Dr. King wrote and said,Continue reading “Still dreaming”
Author Archives: Ellen Kolb
Writer, activist, Granite State walker.
“The most deadly poison of our time…”
Every year on the August 14 feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, one or another social media acquaintance posts these words attributed to him: “The most deadly poison of our time is indifference.” My conscience stings every time I read that. Am I indifferent? Am I not doing enough stuff? Maybe, but there’s more to theContinue reading ““The most deadly poison of our time…””
A little win for the Little Sisters at the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court tiptoed its way through a jungle of administrative law to hand another victory to the Little Sisters of the Poor. Some people just can’t stop insisting that nuns help provide birth control. In this case, it was the state of Pennsylvania, which deservedly lost on a 7-2 vote. Or, in theContinue reading “A little win for the Little Sisters at the Supreme Court”
Ellen Kolb 