We practice Santa Claus in our home as in he comes on Christmas Eve and leaves some of the presents that my kids asked for in a letter. He flies to our home like he flew to our childhood homes and our parents’ homes and our grandparents’ homes every Christmas Eve. We see it as [...]
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John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, is applying for more privileges to spend more time away from the mental hospital where he current lives. (source: NPR) During his trial in 1982, Hinckley was declared not guilty by reason of insanity. Many people were not pleased and although this verdict was rare back then, many states [...]
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Eight years ago today, I was getting my hair done and trying to standing still while my bridesmaids buttoned up my wedding dress and zipped up my white leather go-go boots. I did not know, when I walked down the aisle, the person I could be. I did not understand that my heart would have [...]
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Last week, Texas ended last meal requests for death row inmates. Texas decided to stop the practice not for the cost but because they “are moving away from the concept.” (source) The change is spearheaded by Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire (D) who wrote in his letter to the head of the [...]
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I thought my title could read “Who Is Troy Davis?” while I watched hope interrupt Troy’s execution. But the hope only lasted 4 hours. A man named Troy Davis was executed on Wednesday, September 22, 2011 at 11:08 p.m. in Georgia. He has been on death row for 22 years for shooting and killing a [...]
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What does it mean to lose faith? I have always believed that doubt is a part of faith. Otherwise, it would be fact, and faith by its definition is a belief beyond facts or, to some, without facts. So doubts have rarely made me uncomfortable. I see them as how we maintain and grow stronger [...]
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When I took these pictures, I couldn’t help but think of that old story, Footprints in the Sand. As I remember it: A man dies and as he’s looking back over his life with his pal, God, he sees two sets of footprints. He asks who the second set of footprints belong to and God [...]
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Almost every Saturday, I drive by the demonstrations outside of Richmond’s abortion clinic. These creative displays of indignation have included newborn birthday parties, large billboards of fetuses, loud prayer and yelling. I thought hard about how to show my disdain without stooping to the level of name-calling. I make eye contact, give the thumbs down [...]
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