Kelly Salasin

Category: on our Nation

  • Jesus, Mary & Joseph

    I don’t know what to say about mothers & children. But to say nothing seems compliant or do I mean, complicit? Mothers and children. Mary and Jesus come to mind. ‘Tis the season. I spent some of the holiday week among loved ones who voted for the current occupant of the White House. They dislike…

  • Soul of a Nation

    I’m struck by these words posted by friend after friend: “I feel afraid.” These are words typed by strong, engaged, voiced women. For whom the latest atrocity was personal. Why don’t I feel afraid? “Salasin” is Russian Jew, but I was born blonde with green eyes, more like my Irish and English grandmothers than my…