“The tragedy has forced India to confront the reality that sexually assaulted women are often blamed for the crime, forcing them to keep quiet and discouraging them from reporting it to authorities for fear of […]
“In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.” – Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church, speaking about Mother Mary. Our hearts grow […]
A very dear friend of mine, Vangie Agbogu, was born and raised in Liberia, West Africa. She is one of the most intelligent and soulful people I know and she has often treated me to […]
Shared with us from Learnstuff.com. I still don’t understand how this happens:
More than a year ago, on July 4, 2011, four grown men celebrated outside at the Whispering Lake Apartments in Independence, Missouri, with a 9mm Glock, semi-automatic pistol and took turns firing shots into the […]
This morning, Kasandra Perkins, a 22 year-old mother of a three month-old baby girl, was shot and killed by her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher. She was murdered at the Chief’s practice facility […]
Try to imagine the pain associated with acid eating away at your skin. Sonali Mukherjee of New Delhi was awakened one night nine years ago, “They came in the dead of night, broke into her home as she slept and poured a cocktail of acids over her face — burning her skin, melting her eyelids, nose, mouth and ears, and leaving her partially deaf and almost blind.” She was just 17. […]
The Orlando Sentinel wrote a story about Mary Ragan. It would serve as her obituary. She may not have ever earned an MTV award or cohosted on The View, but she was a giant among […]
When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was not our best holiday. My mother and father would get up early to put the turkey in the oven, creating a film of heat that wafted throughout the […]
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill spoke this immortal words on August 16, 1940. He was referring to the heroic efforts of […]
A picture is certainly worth a thousand words and this photo of Italy’s Member of European Parliament (MEP) Licia Ronzulli is spectacular. She was elected in 2009 and has done more than fight for […]
“There are many persons ready to do what is right because in their hearts they know it is right. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the make the first move – […]
A BIG thank you to the women who took on the U.S. political establishment last night and secured historic victories. Of note is an incredibly telling victory in New Hampshire, which is now the first […]
When women see Joe Paterno, they see a football coach. Apparently, when the Penn State campus police, the Penn State Athletic Director, its President and a graduate assistant see him, they see legend. Or at […]
I think it’s time to introduce a new conspiracy theory. Mine involves the Violence Against Women’s Act that was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. The Act is a U.S. federal law […]
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