“Fire in the Sky” read the neon paper sign on its wire frame, blown flat at the Kidron Evergreen Park in Northeast Ohio. The woods were populated with Morgan Horses, the graceful and beautiful beast of burden that most Amish prefer. Tied to trees, their harnesses were lifeless and pelts wet from hauling their masters into town…

Who knew? There is an Irish patron saint of bees. And a woman at that! February 12 is the celebration of St. Gobnait, 6th century patron saint of healing for the sick. In 2008, I visited Ballyvourney, County Cork where the shrine built for Gobnait in the 12th or 13th century still stands. On the…

A country is only as great as how it treats its most vulnerable. In a deeply disturbing move last week, the USDA mysteriously removed the website on animal welfare inspection reports. Advocacy groups, journalists and other members of the public have used the information to track any potential history of abuses on the part of…