Sentimentalists Go to Rome
OPINION – When I was growing up, there was a woman in our parish who became a staple in our family folklore: Joan Langley (name changed). She became an icon of all things showy and sentimental. We would say, “Don’t be such a Joan Langley,” or call something...
Sound of Freedom: See the Children
OPINION – No one wants to see child trafficking. We have a duty to acknowledge it, but one imagines that looking too closely might deliver a blow to our psyches from which we couldn’t recover. Go see Sound of Freedom anyway. It’s a grand adventure, spanning...
Never Go to the Second Location
OPINION – A maxim of self-defense, especially for women, is to never allow an attacker to take you to a second location. It’s better to go down fighting on the street, in the parking lot, at the door, than to be transported to a second location where the...