its pretty petals
over the brown
lifeless bed
Scott McConnaha
Scott McConnaha is the author of a poetry chapbook titled Without a Prayer, and his work has appeared in Mobius, The Avocet, Door is a Jar and other publications.
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Deceptions and Distortions: Why are pro-life groups attacking Catholic health care leaders?
Recent attacks against health care reform and its supporters—based on fears of expanded abortion coverage and state-sponsored euthanasia—are as absurd as Don Quixote’s battles against windmills. Of course, I do not believe opponents of reform are insane, as Don Quixote was thought to be, but the fervor with which they are fighting mythical health care proposals calls to mind Cervantes’ hapless hero.