by Leslie Sholly | Nov 5, 2012 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics
So, feeling like you do about both Romney and Obama, who ARE you going to vote for? That’s more or less what I was asked by a friend recently, and I promised I would be answering here. There’s going to be a long and complicated explanation before I get to...
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 | Jan 17, 2011 | Abortion, Knoxville, Life Issues, Politics, Reprints
This was, I believe, my last column for the East Tennessee Catholic, published right around this time in 2010. Since this is the time of year for participating in Martin Luther King parades and Marches for Life, it seems like a good day to share it with you. Our...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 3, 2010 | Abortion, Babies, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
Because I’m on vacation (where I envisioned I would have uninterrupted to hours to blog, but that isn’t happening) here is another column reprint for you: Billboards. They are everywhere in our town and in our state. Their unsightliness mars the beauty of...
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...