<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Busted Halo &#187; Ellie Hidalgo</title> <atom:link href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/author/ellie-hidalgo/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com</link> <description>an online magazine for spiritual seekers.</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:00:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>The Kool-Aid Bandit</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-kool-aid-bandit/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-kool-aid-bandit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 12:28:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apartment building]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catholic chaplains]]></category> <category><![CDATA[juvenile detention facilities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local police department]]></category> <category><![CDATA[restorative justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yellow streaks]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1476</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rushing out the door on my way to work, I was stopped cold by large yellow spray-painted letters: F-U-C-K. The word screamed from the white fence separating my apartment building from my neighbor&#8217;s home. Worse yet, my car didn&#8217;t escape the graffiti. The trunk of my red Mazda now sported a couple yellow streaks. The child villain?Occasionally, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-kool-aid-bandit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Che in L.A.</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/che-in-la/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/che-in-la/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2003 22:01:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[che guevara]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cuban]]></category> <category><![CDATA[guerilla leader]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2483</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Does Cuba&#8217;s revolutionary and pop icon Ernesto &#8220;Che&#8221; Guevara truly inspire those of us working for peace and justice in the 21st century? A recent photo exhibit in East Los Angeles suggests yes, but I&#8217;ve got nagging doubts. The photos depict moments from those historic heady days when Fidel Castro, Che, and a small army of Cuban [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/che-in-la/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Modern Day Martyrs</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/modern-day-martyrs/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/modern-day-martyrs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:17:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archbishop oscar romero]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economic injustice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oscar romero]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sunday homilies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wooden rocking chair]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1513</guid> <description><![CDATA[Summertime…and the living is on the go. This summer I headed south to El Salvador in Central America. It&#8217;s a breathtakingly beautiful land country, but with a turbulent history that includes many modern-day Christian martyrs. The capital city, San Salvador, is a major Latin American pilgrimage stop. San Salvador is not exactly Cancún—it&#8217;s not a fun vacation. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/modern-day-martyrs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Other Side of Loss</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-other-side-of-loss/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-other-side-of-loss/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2003 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[getting a divorce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[widows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2484</guid> <description><![CDATA[Down for the count During his homily on World Marriage Day, the priest asked everyone who had been married less than a year to stand up. He then asked everyone married one to five years to also stand. Then five to 10 and so on, until he got to 50 plus married years. He looked around [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-other-side-of-loss/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rite You Are</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/rite-you-are/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/rite-you-are/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:06:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[easter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[st thomas the apostle church]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2486</guid> <description><![CDATA[I love the Easter rituals that help me connect with the emotion and significance of this holiest day of the year. So I felt particularly blessed to be present for two different sets of rites as Los Angeles faith communities celebrated Easter according to traditions old and new. Bringing the river to the city At St. Thomas [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/rite-you-are/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Accounting Before God</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/accounting-before-god/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/accounting-before-god/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:36:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eye of a needle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[material possessions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moneychangers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saving for a house]]></category> <category><![CDATA[treasures in heaven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[treasures on earth]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1535</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recently, I was talking with a group of socially conscious Catholic friends about money. The question came up, &#8220;How does being Catholic influence how we think about money?&#8221; Our answers were revealing. The bummer of bucks One mentioned Jesus&#8217; parable about it being easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/accounting-before-god/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Prophet in Progress</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-prophet-in-progress/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-prophet-in-progress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:07:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[beloved prophet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[martyr]]></category> <category><![CDATA[romero archbishop]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2487</guid> <description><![CDATA[In Oscar Romero: Memories in Mosaic, editor Mar?a L?pez Vigil paints a collective portrait of the beloved prophet, pastor, consoler, and martyr of El Salvador. Some 200 ordinary campesinos, priests, laity and even some wealthy people tell their personal stories and recollections of Msgr. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador in the late 1970s. Most of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-prophet-in-progress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sex, Drugs, and Mandolins</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/sex-drugs-and-mandolins/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/sex-drugs-and-mandolins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2003 22:09:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2488</guid> <description><![CDATA[ Sex, drugs, and mandolins. That pretty much describes the first half of Francis of Assisi&#8217;s life, says best-selling author David Spoto. His book, Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi premieres as a TV special Palm Sunday, April 13, 7-8 p.m. EDT (check local listings) on cable&#8217;s Hallmark Channel . Born in 1182 into a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/sex-drugs-and-mandolins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Immigrants and the Catholic Church&#8217;s Sex Scandal</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/immigrants-and-the-catholic-churchs-sex-scandal/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/immigrants-and-the-catholic-churchs-sex-scandal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2003 22:11:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sex scandal]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2489</guid> <description><![CDATA[The scandal moves to California The epicenter of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal is poised to move west to California. That&#8217;s because a new state law , effective Jan. 1, 2003, did away with the statute of limitations for one year, allowing victims to sue employers of known sexual molesters. More than 100 new lawsuits [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/immigrants-and-the-catholic-churchs-sex-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spilling Water and Other Godly Acts</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/spilling-water-and-other-godly-acts/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/spilling-water-and-other-godly-acts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:49:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[birds of paradise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[craft project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[every ten minutes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[holiness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nephew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nieces]]></category> <category><![CDATA[own clothes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[santo domingo]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1548</guid> <description><![CDATA[As an adult I make mistakes several times a day and usually feel slightly bad about each one. My nieces and nephew—Cristina, age 8; Patrick, 5; and Carolina, 3—make a mistake every ten minutes. Constant bloopersOne can&#8217;t quite pour a glass of water without spilling some of it. The other takes on a craft project, although [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/spilling-water-and-other-godly-acts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A 1,700 Year Digression</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-1700-year-digression/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-1700-year-digression/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2003 22:12:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[modern warfare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[peace movement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2490</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jesus was all about non-violence as the way to transform your enemy?s heart. Modern warfare has other ideas about what to do with your enemy&#8217;s heart. As the debate around pummeling Saddam Hussein into oblivion intensifies, where does faith play a role in helping each of us to reach a reflective position? Saddam is clearly terribly irrational. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-1700-year-digression/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Better Deal for Moms</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-better-deal-for-moms/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-better-deal-for-moms/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2003 22:15:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abortion pro choice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[planned parenthood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[roe v wade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unwanted pregnancies]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2491</guid> <description><![CDATA[I was eight years old when on Jan. 22, 1973 , the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal throughout the country. Growing up in a post-Roe v. Wade world, I listened to friends who had chosen an abortion rather than risk losing their chance to get a college education and the better jobs that came with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/a-better-deal-for-moms/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Born Right Here</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/born-right-here/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/born-right-here/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2002 22:16:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mexican celebration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[santo domingo]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2492</guid> <description><![CDATA[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic-Throughout the years people from diverse cultures have developed many festive customs in preparation for Christmas. Among the most popular back home in the U.S. are putting up the Christmas tree, stringing lights outside the home or apartment, watching favorite animated videos, Christmas caroling, and sending annual Christmas cards to family and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/born-right-here/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Motherhood Maze</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-motherhood-maze-2/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-motherhood-maze-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:22:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sex & Relationships]]></category> <category><![CDATA[having children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[single mom]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2495</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most women raise children. And some don&#8217;t. Those of us who don&#8217;t set sail for a different kind of life. Is the journey a chosen one or not? Are you a woman if you don&#8217;t have kids? For Denise Carlson not having children was something that just happened. She traveled, focused on her career, was involved [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-motherhood-maze-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pilgrim Spirit</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/pilgrim-spirit/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/pilgrim-spirit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[immigrants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thanksgiving]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2494</guid> <description><![CDATA[Like the original Pilgrims  who were themselves newcomers to this continent, Thanksgiving is best understood through the eyes of more recent immigrants hundreds of years later. My Cuban dad says he liked the holiday from the start. A young man in his early 20s, he was living with his family in Georgia after they left [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/pilgrim-spirit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Motherhood Maze</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-motherhood-maze/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-motherhood-maze/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:49:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial insemination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[changing careers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cuban family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[denise carlson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[disney channel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[having children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[late bloomer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[law school]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nieces and nephews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[single mom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time in los angeles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1573</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most women raise children. And some don&#8217;t. Those of us who don&#8217;t set sail for a different kind of life. Is the journey a chosen one or not? Are you a woman if you don&#8217;t have kids? For Denise Carlson not having children was something that just happened. She traveled, focused on her career, was involved [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-motherhood-maze/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Beauty and Anguish</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/beauty-and-anguish/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/beauty-and-anguish/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2002 22:23:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frida]]></category> <category><![CDATA[salma hayek]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2496</guid> <description><![CDATA[Salma Hayek beautifully portrays the joys and anguish of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Frida (Miramax). The film reveals the gutsy-ness, persistence, brilliance, and pain of one of Mexico&#8217;s most renowned artists. A promising and charming 18-year-old university student, Frida&#8217;s life takes an unexpected tragic turn when a 1925 trolley crash leaves her spine broken and leg [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/beauty-and-anguish/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dead on Holiday</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/dead-on-holiday/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/dead-on-holiday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 22:25:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[day of the dead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[folk traditions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2497</guid> <description><![CDATA[This autumn one group of Americans has chosen their Halloween costumes and bought candy. Another group is painting skulls and looking through scrapbooks for favorite pictures of dead relatives. All Souls Day is the Catholic holiday commemorated on November 2, following All Saints Day the day before. But in Mexican and Mexican-American culture, Nov. 2 is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/dead-on-holiday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>When the Neighbors Aren&#8217;t Catholic</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/when-the-neighbors-arent-catholic/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/when-the-neighbors-arent-catholic/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:32:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[forgiveness of sins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[halloween pumpkin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mass attendance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[orange plastic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thanksgiving christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wheel cars]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1582</guid> <description><![CDATA[In a family room filled with children and toys—dolls, blocks, puzzles and board games—was my brother Manny&#8217;s big orange plastic Halloween pumpkin. Living in a Midwestern suburb in Illinois, this pumpkin&#8217;s toy life was predictable and ordinary. A place to store hot wheel cars or markers. And our Catholic school lives and weekly Mass attendance were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/when-the-neighbors-arent-catholic/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Missing the Cues</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/missing-the-cues/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/missing-the-cues/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2002 22:28:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cuban exile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[political asylum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[world youth day]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2498</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Cuban exile now living in Canada told the Cubans at the World Youth Day celebrations in Toronto: &#8220;If there is any way I can help you at all, please let me know.&#8221; Ismael Sambra spoke these words to a group of young adult Cubans at a picnic I attended during the pope�s visit there. I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/missing-the-cues/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Irritation of the Holy Spirit?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-irritation-of-the-holy-spirit/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-irritation-of-the-holy-spirit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:29:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[holy spirit]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2499</guid> <description><![CDATA[You feel for Moses. He walks through the desert for forty years leading his Jewish people to the Promised Land, and in the end, he never gets to live there. Move the scene a few thousand years later. Susan B. Anthony, a Quaker, led the struggle to secure voting rights for U.S. women. For some 37 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-irritation-of-the-holy-spirit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Who Killed Vincent Chin?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/who-killed-vincent-chin/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/who-killed-vincent-chin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2002 22:30:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[manslaughter plea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ronald ebens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vincent chin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2500</guid> <description><![CDATA[Twenty years ago this past week a 27-year old Chinese-American man and a few of his friends walked into a Detroit bar to celebrate his bachelor party. A few hours later Vincent Chin was dead. Who and what killed Vincent Chin on June 19, 1982? Was it uncontrolled anger? Drunkenness? Racism? A baseball bat run amuck? 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Let&#8217;s face it, most teens sign up for the two year, twice-a-month program, because it&#8217;s SUPER important to their parents, while hardly registering as something to care about for themselves. 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The movie is a fantasy tale about the exuberance and excesses of youth as depicted when two friends Julio (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Tenoch (Diego Luna) go [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/y-tu-mama-tambien/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lonely People</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/lonely-people/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/lonely-people/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2002 22:35:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sex & Relationships]]></category> <category><![CDATA[loneliness]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, the other day a few friends and I fanned out in pairs around a tourist spot in Santa Monica, California, and asked people for their opinions on what needed to happen to end clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church. 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Children raised with violence are at risk for perpetuating violence as adults. And children who grow up with experiences of sexual abuse are at greater risk for abusing another person sexually later in life. 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And the outcome is anything but certain. The seconds before your car hits another. Moments before the surgeon administers general anesthesia. Witnessing a violent crime. Since September 11th, I&#8217;ve wondered with sadness what it was like to be a passenger in any of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/facing-extreme-fear/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hope in &#8220;Kandahar&#8221;</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/hope-in-kandahar/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/hope-in-kandahar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:37:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ellie Hidalgo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kandahar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mohsen makhmalbaf]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2506</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kandahar captures what every U.S. radio, television and print journalist has been trying to make come to life for Americans over the past four months. 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