This photo was taken last October on the night the Human Life Foundation honored Rita Marker and me as Great Defenders of Life for our work fighting assisted suicide and euthanasia. Rita (on my right as you look at the photo) mentored me in this work so standing next to her at the podium was a real thrill. We both deeply appreciate the support of the HLR, Faith Abbott McFadden and Maria McFadden, whose husband and father respectively, the late James P. McFadden, created the Human Life Review. He saw it all coming long before I caught even a whisp of the first dark cloud on the horizon.
Lift My Chin, Lord
Lift my chin, Lord,Say to me,“You are not whoYou feared to be,Not Hecate, quite,With howling sound,Torch held…
Letters
Two delightful essays in the March issue, by Nikolas Prassas (“Large Language Poetry,” March 2025) and Gary…
Spring Twilight After Penance
Let’s say you’ve just comeFrom confession. Late sunPours through the budding treesThat mark the brown creek washing Itself…