Media – Ellen Kolb

Safe Havens: what they are, and how they save lives

Maria V. Gallagher of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation invited me to her Lifelines Radio podcast to talk about Safe Haven laws, state-by-state policies designed to protect newborns who might otherwise be abandoned with no care. How do these life-affirming laws work, and how might they be improved? Click this link to listen: Interview with EllenContinue reading “Safe Havens: what they are, and how they save lives”

Open Book: on completing a commonplace notebook

A few evenings ago, I picked up a well-worn notebook from my desk and began to copy a short passage from the work of fiction I was reading. I wrote to the bottom of the page in the notebook, turned the page, and found I’d reached the end of the volume. It had taken 20Continue reading “Open Book: on completing a commonplace notebook”

Open Book: a classic outside a classroom

Greek amphora decorated with images of warriors from the story of the Iliad

I was casual about the reading lists from my English courses in high school. “Recommended” reading looked different to me from required reading. I interpreted recommended as “not quite assigned.” When I read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology – the required starting point for what was at the time a 3-year Advanced Placement English curriculum – IContinue reading “Open Book: a classic outside a classroom”