by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 31, 2018 | Journal, Reminiscences
I’ve tended to live with my head in the past or the future, and difficulty focusing on the present. It came more naturally to me to strive against seasons than appreciate them. I made a conscious effort my last two semesters of graduate school to absorb every...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 30, 2012 | Comedy, Politics, Satire, The Washington Times Communities
As a writer I have always taken Jesus Christ’s admonition about words with exceptional seriousness: “But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 9, 2011 | Politics, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
The atmosphere surrounding the Tea Party has been ruthlessly blamed. But assassination attempts and lone gunmen are not 21st century phenomena. What age-old train of thought did Jared Loughner actually express? Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was greeting constituents...
