Politics

“Show respect for those who have served. Most important of all, show your gratitude by enjoying the freedoms and rights that so many have fought and died for. Don't let their deaths be in vain.

Editor’s Note
November 2009

What’s Really Important

On Oct. 15, 2009, the nation stood still as a weather balloon drifted across Colorado, ostensibly with a six-year-old boy trapped inside.

They came with children and with stories. They calmly held signs but shouted no slogans. They had one purpose: to quietly demonstrate that mothers need health care reform.

Several years ago, a New York Times Magazine article drew fire for suggesting that highly education women are “opting out” of work to care for their children.

Several years ago, a New York Times Magazine article drew fire for suggesting that highly education women are “opting out” of work to care for their children.

I see them marching down the street on a certain Sunday afternoon, bearing signs that proclaim the sanctity of life.