Timely reading, entirely coincidental: a few days before the U.S. Capitol became the scene of violence and death, I began reading Jailed for Freedom: the Story of the Militant American Suffragist Movement by Doris Stevens. Written a century ago, it’s almost painfully relevant now. Stevens was one of the “Silent Sentinels” who stood in ongoingContinue reading “Open Book: a suffragist, an astronaut, and an Adoration companion”
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COVID-19 vaccine progress
Last April, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops organized a petition drive to urge the federal Food and Drug Administration to make sure any COVID-19 vaccine be derived from ethical sources, not involving cell lines originating from fetuses killed by induced abortion. So what has happened since? Some vaccines are in the testing stage already.Continue reading “COVID-19 vaccine progress”
Open Book: history, hiking, and vintage JPII
I’m indulging my love of politics and American history not by watching the news non-stop this election season, but by reading Author in Chief: the Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote, by Craig Fehrman. Fehrman shows that there’s more to the presidential genre than campaign biographies and memoirs. He puts eachContinue reading “Open Book: history, hiking, and vintage JPII”
Ellen Kolb 