If You Can’t Run a Campaign, Can You Run the White House?
For sixty years of my life, I have volunteered on political campaigns. I was just three years old when I first rang a doorbell for the late, great Sen. Paul […]
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RIP: Dr. Stephen R. Covey
Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy. – Dr. Stephen R. Covey When Dr. Steven R. Covey passed on July 16, I must have been in a fog because I missed […]
Bravo, Washington Post: Shining a Bright Light on Judicial Incompetence in DV Cases
We have a pandemic of judicial incompetence in family courts throughout the United States. The Center for Judicial Excellence is doing a phenomenal job of removing these judges one judge […]
Labor Day: Celebrating John L. Lewis
Labor Day is more a celebration of the end of summer than of the courageous union leaders who built the foundation for the middle class. Most folks have never heard […]
Romney’s Top Priority: Elimination of the Safety Net for Abuse Survivors
$100 billion a year comes by taking Medicaid, which is the health care program for the poor as well as food stamps, and housing vouchers. -Mitt Romney on CBS News, […]
Eve Ensler: Rep. Todd Akin Has Given Millions of Women Reason to Vote
Why don’t you spend your time ending rape rather than redefining it? You’ve just given millions of women a very good reason to make sure you never get elected again, […]
Romney Hood: Why I’m Loving Mittens’ VP Choice
Go ahead, make my day. – Clint Eastwood, Sudden Impact (Romney backer) Mitt Romney gave Pres. Barack Obama and former Pres. Bill Clinton the best birthday gifts ever: He chose […]
Bravo, Kit Gruelle! Survivor, Graduate, and Director of PRIVATE VIOLENCE
DV survivor and advocate Kit Gruelle recently graduated from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Bravo! She is now free to focus on the completion of her documentary Private Violence […]
Passive vs. Earned Income: Explaining the Code Words Used to Manipulate Voters
Republicans have a contempt for welfare recipients. Yet, we rarely hear them bitch about welfare for the rich: the pork in the federal budget that handsomely rewards rich people for […]
Photos: Seattle’s Inaugural Refuse to Abuse 5K
We have arrived, y’all! I was so excited that I got up before breakfast on Saturday morning to take a bus into Seattle to cover the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s […]
Anne Caroline Drake 