by Leslie Sholly | Jul 27, 2022 | Abortion, Catholicism, Euthanasia, law, Life Issues, Notre Dame, Vacations
I promised to tell you more about the Vita Institute, and this post will be a start. I planned to write everything up as soon as I came home, but as I came down with COVID almost as soon as I returned, I did not have the energy for anything extra. I’m going to...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 11, 2022 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Euthanasia, law, Life Issues, Notre Dame, Politics, War
Pro-life Profile is a new series I plan to publish regularly. These brief interviews will highlight pro-life leaders in order to dispel the preconceptions that predominate in the mainstream press and the minds of pro-choice people. I’ll begin with my Vita...
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 | Apr 13, 2012 | Knoxville, law, Politics
I’ve got five kids and I’ve been a mother for over 21 years. I find that my “mothering urges” sort of spread themselves over whatever children happen to be around me. When my kids have friends over, I’m all “sweetheart” and...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 21, 2011 | Knoxville, law, teenagers
Knox County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Brad Hall called Yolanda Harper and Russell Houser “Good Samaritans.” Katie Allison Granju called them predators. who gave her son Henry the drugs that led to his fatal overdose. Knoxville News Sentinel...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 20, 2011 | Knoxville, law
Lorelei stated rather matter-of-factly the other day that the next time we go out of town, our house will burn down again. And of course I told her that will not happen, that it is very, very rare for a family to suffer such a random, terrible accident. That’s...