LaVonne Neff > LIVELY DUST

"Instead of Eating to Diet, They're Eating to Enjoy" is the headline of Tara Parker-Pope's article in this morning's ...

In Tom Perrotta's 2007 more-or-less comic novel, The Abstinence Teacher , an odd attraction develops between Ruth, a divorced feminist s...

This morning David Brooks wrote in his New York Times column , "From voters, the demand is: Surprise Me Most. For candidates, the less...

This morning's foray to the farmers' market reinforced the message of yesterday's cool, wet weather. Fewer berries than last wee...

Yesterday I appealed to pro-life voters to consider reality, not rhetoric: which candidate, if elected president, would be more likely to r...

I have friends who plan to vote for McCain-Palin because of Governor Palin's strong pro-life stance. They admire her for welcoming a chi...

Years ago while looking up something in the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 2nd edition , I discovered a saint who sounded strang...