by Leslie Sholly | Oct 6, 2012 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics, War
This is Part 2 of a story which begins here. Â It chronicles the unforeseen results of my having had the temerity to publish a column on voting in the local Catholic press just before the 2004 elections. I felt good about what I had written. Â I thought I had expressed...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 1, 2012 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics, Reprints, War
This is an edited version of a column I wrote in the fall of 2004.  At the time I was extremely disturbed by the vitriol surrounding the Presidential campaign, particularly that directed by Catholics toward other Catholics, presuming to assert that there was only one...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 7, 2012 | books, Deep Thoughts, FIRE
Closet space. Is there ever enough of it? There were next to no closets in our Victorian house. We purchased three armoires from Myrtle’s Mess for the bedrooms, and crammed them so full the doors would barely close. (John’s enormous oak armoire is one...
by Leslie Sholly | Aug 23, 2012 | Abortion, Babies, Deep Thoughts, law, Life Issues, Politics, pregnancy
In the wake of Todd Akin’s stupid (really, I could think of a fancier word but I think that one covers it) remarks about rape and abortion, and then VP-hopeful Paul Ryan’s follow-up distancing himself from Akin and downplaying his own oft-stated...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 8, 2012 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics, rants
The quotation “Never discuss politics or religion in polite company” has been repeated so often that its original source is long forgotten. Â And nowadays the wisdom of this advice goes unheeded, especially, I find, when email is involved. Please...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 7, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, Education, Georgetown
“A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.” ~ A. Bartlett Giamatti I am a BIG believer in Liberal Arts education.  I majored in English at Georgetown University, and rather...