by Leslie Sholly | Jun 11, 2010 | Abortion, Life Issues, Politics
Yesterday a Facebook friend was trying to convince others, via her status, that Pepsi was debuting a new can that included the whole Pledge of Allegiance except for the words “under God” (the HEATHENS!). We were all supposed to put this in our statuses...
by Leslie Sholly | May 14, 2010 | Abortion, Babies, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
This originally appeared  in The East Tennessee Catholic in 2006. It was late at night–later than a twelve-year-old should have been awake–when Jake discovered me crying in front of the computer. Like all children, he doesn’t like to see his mother cry, and he asked...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 27, 2010 | Abortion, Catholicism, Euthanasia, Life Issues, Politics, Reprints, War
This is a reprint of the very first column I had published in The East Tennessee Catholic. Although it appeared in late 2001, I had actually written it over two years before, as one of three sample columns which were rejected by the then-editor. What does it mean to...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 17, 2010 | Abortion, Contraception, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
The following is a reprint of a column that appeared in The East Tennessee Catholic in 2002. When I was pregnant with my third child, friends, family, and strangers in the mall all seemed desperate to know: “Was it planned?” At first I answered,...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 14, 2010 | Abortion, Euthanasia, Life Issues
Twenty-eight years ago today–and I remember well my horror at the time, the parents of a child known forever as Baby Doe apparently decided that he was not a human being deserving of love and care when they allowed him to starve rather than correct a minor...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 10, 2010 | Abortion, Catholicism, English Literature, Euthanasia, Georgetown, Life Issues, Reprints
The following is a reprint of a column that ran in The East Tennessee Catholic newspaper on August 11, 2002. It explains the name of my former column, which is now the name of this blog. Names are important. Think of the time we spend choosing the names we give our...