Are We Really Pretending to Celebrate Independence?
I always thought I would be dead long before democracy’s demise. I also believed I’d be gone before climate collapse. I was wrong on both counts. This Independence Day…
We Have One Last Chance To Get It Right
Back in December 2023, I wrote an end of year blog post in which I stated, “When I look at the greatest challenges we face in our world today, I…
How You Define The Word ‘Fix’ Matters
On Friday, Donald Trump delivered a speech to the conservative Christian organization Turning Point Action. He told them that they needed to go out and vote, and if they did,…
Our Last Hope Is Our Vote
For years after the 2000 election, I wondered what life in the US would have been like if Al Gore hadn’t conceded to George W. Bush. Perhaps we wouldn’t be…
Who gets to celebrate independence today?
I am not celebrating my country's independence today. The history of the United States horrifies me. The atrocities committed by ‘the greatest nation in the world,’ even before it was…
50 Years
After Friday’s Supreme Court ruling was released, I kept hearing the number 50. 50 years of legal precedent had been undone; a Constitutional right that we had for 50 years…
Creating Hope One Girl at a Time
When she walked into the room, my first thought was, ‘How can all that fierce determination fit inside such a tiny young woman?’ She began to speak—slowly, deliberately, with patience,…
My Wish List for the New Administration
I haven’t blogged much in the last year--or four. I have plenty of excuses, including ongoing health challenges, Covid, and the implosion of democracy. Yet as dark as it seems,…
We Will Not Go Back
I often wonder how different my life would have been if the Equal Rights Amendment had been ratified instead of falling three states short in 1982. I bet I wouldn’t…
100 Years Later: How Will We Honor the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote?
On election night 2016, despite the tiny hint of doubt gnawing away at my confident façade, I grabbed a bottle of Prosecco and headed over to my friend Nancy’s to…