<i>Closing In, Kwajalein Atoll</i> (1944). (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph, National Park Service, <a href='http://www.nps.gov/amme/index.htm' target='_blank'>American Memorial Park</a>, Mariana Islands, Saipan).
Reading the recent article in The Seattle Times about doulas in the state prisons, I wasn't sure whether to feel proud or ashamed of my state. It's a horrible thing for babies to be born in prison —...