James DeWeese: Finding a Miracle

By Daniel Lowry In seconds, a happy day turned into a terrible one. James DeWeese waited for the doctor to come back in the small ultrasound room. His wife smiled at him and his mother put her hand on his shoulder. The three of them were excited about the couple’s second child. James had been…

Rob Walker: Four Mighty Words

by Daniel Lowry The phone rang and Rob Walker could hear in his dad’s voice that the news was bad. “I got my results back and I want to talk with you,” said his dad. Rob didn’t hesitate. He knew he needed to go home. It was a sunny summer day in 1999, and Rob…

Trump and Bevin: Insulting American Democracy

The following excepts are from Daily Beast writer John Avlon. He says that in the final presidential debate, Donald Trump disgraced himself and our democracy by refusing to say if he’d accept the election results. Avlon calls him “a demagogue with a dictatorial streak.” Avlon writes the following: The most troubling rumble from Trump’s flailing final…