When an opportunity for me to visit Rome came up unexpectedly not long ago, I dropped everything, including blogging assignments. I will probably never have another crack at a trip to Italy with my husband. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew I wanted to go. I figured I might be able toContinue reading “Thoughts After Visiting Rome”
Category Archives: Culture
Cecile Richards’s legacy: calling abortion “health care”
The Twitterverse murmured #ThankYouCecile the other day to mark the end of Cecile Richards’s tenure leading the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Hats off to the Babylon Bee for skewering that bit of social media hashtagging: “Woman Celebrated for Killing 3.5 Million People.” In all seriousness, Richards is a consequential woman. It would be a mistakeContinue reading “Cecile Richards’s legacy: calling abortion “health care””
How I Came to Terms With Santa
I’ve heard of parents who have trouble explaining Santa Claus to their kids. My parents called on the United States Navy to do the job. I grew up in south Florida, so part of the Santa Claus legend always sounded a little off to me. Our house didn’t look anything like the ones in Santa-themedContinue reading “How I Came to Terms With Santa”
Ellen Kolb 