My days as an official pro-life lobbyist are over. I’m back to being what I was when my kids were little and I dragged them to hearings: a state resident of no particular distinction, come to register my opinion at the State House. Yesterday was one of those days. Assisted suicide, already enacted into lawContinue reading “An unconventional coalition resists assisted suicide bill”
Category Archives: Catholic citizenship
On timing, “moderates,” and life
Is it ever “ill-timed” to assert that life is the fundamental civil and human right? My experience on the sidewalks and in the State House tell me that there will always be people who think so. I find encouragement in Dr. Martin Luther King’s response to a remark about human rights work being ill-timed. InContinue reading “On timing, “moderates,” and life”
Dad and Independence Day
I’m an immigrant’s kid. I didn’t give that much thought as I grew up. My grandparents died long before I could know them, so I heard nothing about my heritage from them. Dad was naturalized, and that was that. I eventually learned that he had earned his naturalization the hard way. He had an undyingContinue reading “Dad and Independence Day”
Ellen Kolb 