I’ve got an appreciation of Andor that goes hard on greebles (the small, irregular pieces of plastic that give Star Wars ships their detailed texture). It’s the greebles that gave the Empire’…| Leah Libresco
It was my pleasure to write about Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati’s second miracle for Word on Fire. His canonization hinges on the healing of a seminarian’s Achilles tendon tear—not the kind…| Leah Libresco
I changed my mind about euthanasia in June 2015. The world has been rushing in the other direction. For The Dispatch I explain why MAiD makes an idol of autonomy and endangers our sense of what it means to be human. Moving past the desire for “death with dignity” requires admitting that autonomy is not the ordering principle of a human life. Every person begins their life as a burden to someone else. It isn’t […]| Leah Libresco
Pictured above are three of my big projects of 2024. I read The Power Broker over my maternity leave, I read Sr. Prudence Allen in the waning months of the year, and my baby I grew all year (in and…| Leah Libresco
A year very full of babies and book writing! I’m making a lot less progress through my planned reading than I hoped, but I think this might be the longest list of “favorite” reads…| Leah Libresco
I spent my summer maternity leave reading The Power Broker (and taking care of the baby!). I was glad to get to write about Caro’s masterpiece for Word on Fire. As Moses makes himself soverei…| Leah Libresco
At Deseret, I’m making the case for a baby bonus as fair and flexible help for parents and children. A “baby bonus” is an effective way to provide support to more families with fewer complications. Every family has unique needs, and flexible assistance can help parents serve the best interests of their children in their particularity. For a worker with only guaranteed unpaid FMLA leave after the birth of a child, a baby bonus can […]| Leah Libresco
I’m at Word on Fire making the case against AI-created devotional art. Each of the children’s books on our “God shelf” has a human hand, heart, and intellect behind it. Each book grew out of …| Leah Libresco
Colleges donors are starting public fights with college administrators. At Deseret, I argue that’s a good thing. Colleges should be contested spaces—they need to offer values-informed formati…| Leah Libresco
