Op-Ed Archive
Image via Gage Skidmore President Donald Trump’s first week in office was spent signing executive orders regarding the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines, visa and refugee programs and a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, all which sparked nationwide demonstrations and …
I am the mom of a five year old. I am a step-mom to two teenagers. I am a wife. I work full time as a social worker. Upon hearing this, many people just sigh and say “Oh honey, bless …
It’s been a long time since I’ve written, and even longer still since I haven’t waited in eager anticipation for the countdown to midnight on my favorite holiday. New Year’s has always been my favorite holiday. It’s filled with excitement, …
“That looked easy,” I thought, as I left a local election on a Sunday afternoon. Excited people wandered around, greeting their friends and neighbors, as they cast their votes at one of several polling stations at a local election in …
Freedom is a tricky thing to tackle down. It’s full of contradictions. We like to claim the patent on freedom in the United States, but in reality we are more much more restricted in our freedom than what we tell …
I feel obliged to write about the 2 black American men and 8 police officers who were killed in Baton Rouge, St. Anthony and Dallas within the last three weeks, murders that have catalyzed some Americans to protest in the …
I’ve been thinking a lot about guns recently. Okay, I can understand how that is a worrisome sentence to start with. And most who know me know I’m very pro-gun laws. You can read the article where I make my …
At some point in our lives we hold ourselves back from something or someone based only on some underlying fear. At the time, it might seem the “smart move,” the “logical choice” because our minds allow us the opportunity to …
It’s almost Mother’s Day again. It comes every year without fail. I try not to play the “society says we celebrate this today” game, but it is hard when I grew up in an environment where conforming was a life …
I took a lot of time off the last week.With P out of town, I hunkered down for the weekend and watched hours and hours of Netflix. I took naps. After my bad knee gave out on me Saturday, I …
