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Why Flannery O'Connor Is My Hero

Courtesy of Rebecca Wells Rebecca Wells is the author of "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." My heroine is Flannery O'Connor. Not just because she is one of the finest writers from my Southern homeland, but because she became a kind of patron saint for me in a sisterhood of suffering while I was writing...

Reader Feedback: Lyme Disease, Teachers and Israel

(June 2) -- Editor's note: Below is a sampling of reader feedback about op-eds published on the Opinion page of AOL News over the past week. The comments have been edited for length and clarity. (To submit a letter to the editor, write to opinion@aolnews.com.) Lyme Disease Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the...

Opinion: A Health Epidemic That's Going Largely Unnoticed

(May 28) -- We're in the midst of a terrifying epidemic, although you wouldn't know it to talk to most doctors and health specialists. The disease is growing at a rate faster than AIDS. From 2006 to 2008 alone, the number of cases jumped a whopping 77 percent. In 2008 alone, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...