Open Book: faith, art, and a heck of a hike

My To Be Read pile never gets any smaller. No regrets or apologies. For a bookworm like me, the turn of the year brings the cheery prospect of new books ahead. I’m savoring my way through Frank Herbert’s Dune, and I can already see that I’ll be looking for its sequels. I so seldom pickContinue reading “Open Book: faith, art, and a heck of a hike”

Down-ballot races are the best reason to vote in November

The presidential race is not what will have me running to the polls on November 5. Neither presidential candidate has earned my vote. On the other hand, the lower-tier races will have a much greater impact on life-issue policies. I make the case for down-ballot races in my latest Substack post, on the newsletter IContinue reading “Down-ballot races are the best reason to vote in November”

A coalition for life has a good day: assisted suicide bill fails in NH

I was just another ordinary citizen at the State House this session as an assisted suicide bill was debated. I found myself a tiny part of a coalition along with people who had nothing to do with the conventional pro-life movement, some of whom have absolutely no use for conventional pro-lifers. We had one goal:Continue reading “A coalition for life has a good day: assisted suicide bill fails in NH”