Alt-Reich: Silent No More on Closet Nazis
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Book Review: Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Sometimes impatience is a virtue. Lisa Scottoline, Have a Nice Guilt Trip My TBR (to be read) pile this Labor Day weekend is a trio of books by the mother-daughter […]
Founding Fathers on Religious Freedom
A Facebook post by Dan Rittenhouse yesterday sent me on a quest to learn more about the Founding Fathers and their views of religious freedom. As y’all know, the Declaration […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Victory Speech in Brooklyn
If we stand together, we will rise together. – Hillary Rodham Clinton Last night I popped the cork on a bottle of champagne and watched Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory speech […]
Bravo: Hillary Clinton Breaks the Glass Ceiling
Tonight I am overwhelmed. The women’s movement is 100 years older than I am, and I never thought I’d live to see the day that a woman would be nominated […]
Bravo: Deanna Gayle Walters Graduated with a BSW Today!
Guest column by Kit Gruelle Today is Deanna’s Big Day! She’s graduating from Appalachian State with her BSW, and I (we!!) could not be more proud of and happy for […]
Book Review: The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe
The Broadway play Hamilton has set me off on a frenzy of books about First Lady Louisa Adams (wife of John Quincy), Alexander Hamilton, and Julia Ward Howe (“Battle Hymn of […]
Free Tuition: Bernie Sanders’ April Fool’s Joke
Free college tuition was the primary reason <pun intended> voters supported Bernie Sanders last weekend at my Washington State caucus. Apparently, it was an early April Fool’s joke on them. […]
Your Vote = Your Voice: Hillary Clinton Is a Champion for Us
When there wasn’t one person anywhere in the United States ~ not my family, not my friends, not one DV advocate or shelter ~ who would protect me from Oregon’s […]
DV + Guns = 5x More Likely to End Up Dead
Women are five times more likely to be murdered when guns are in the home. – Dan Satterberg, King County, WA Prosecutor Do you want to be a survivor or […]
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