Public Square cannot defeat Christians
Christmas. Such an old and treasured holiday; celebrated since the beginning of the fourth century, in fact. What, exactly, is
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Deirdre Reilly has written one humor book, and authored a syndicated family life column for Gatehouse Media for 13 years. She has won a Massachusetts Press Award for humor, her op-eds have been published in the Boston Herald and The Hartford Courant, and she has had short fiction published in literary journals. Deirdre was raised in Columbia, Md., and now lives outside Boston, Ma. She enjoys outdoor pursuits, and is obsessed with the care and happiness of a retired carriage horse named Nello that she bought for a few hundred dollars on a menopausal whim.
Author: Deirdre Reilly
Black Friday: The dark side
The rush is on and the fix is in. It is the time of year when companies wrangle for the
Read moreEnterovirus D68 prevention: Keep sick children at home
An alarming virus, named Enterovirus D68, a non-polio enterovirus, has been spreading throughout the country and infecting children, particularly those
Read moreHigh School Reunion brings laughter and memories
Photo above: Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia, Maryland Last weekend I attended my 35th high school reunion. I drove from Massachusetts, where I
Read moreISIS: Less a terror group more an emerging government
Photo above: Abu Mosa, Islamic State Press Officer (Vice Documentary on ISIS, via YouTube) It would be helpful if American
Read moreTiger Mom I ain’t
Once again it is time to start thinking about the end of summer and the beginning of school. My son
Read moreGang recruiting flourishes with border crisis
Just one of the several real dangers that rides alongside the flood of illegal immigrant children over the U.S. is
Read moreBillion-dollar award against Big Tobacco
A Florida jury has awarded Cynthia Robinson, widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer, $23 billion in
Read moreCentral American children flood across U.S. border
Photo above: Families in an Arizona bus station waiting to be processed for transfer by Immigration authorities. (YouTube screen shot)
Read moreChild dies in hot car: father charged
Photo above: Justin Ross Harris (in orange) listens during his preliminary hearing in Cobb County, GA courthouse. (YouTube) MARIETTA, Ga. –
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