THIS IS A MEMORIAL DAY like no other in the history of Memorial Days. And it seems fitting on this day when we honor those who have given their lives for the cause of freedom, to ask the question, “What is the freedom we fight for?” It might seem like […]
THOUGH YOU WILL READ THIS AFTER, as I write it is International Women’s Day, a day to highlight the progress toward equality that women have worked toward. It’s part of Women’s History Month — 31 days dedicated to reflect on and celebrate the contributions women have made to U.S. History […]
A RECENT New York Times article on language and gender caught my attention, because its first sentence, which I paraphrase here, immediately rang true: Americans are resistant to use the word “she” when describing a hypothetical president. Not because Americans don’t believe a woman could be president, but because our […]
THE PURPOSE OF the U.S. Memorial Day holiday is to remember the men and women who have died while serving in the military — to honor those who gave their lives in order to preserve freedom and democracy and protect the world from tyranny. Today, in addition to honoring our […]
I GREW UP in the suburbs in a time when kids, when they weren’t in school, ran around the neighborhood and played outdoors mostly unsupervised. In those days we were less fearful for our children — less fearful of strangers and natural dangers such as falling from skateboards or trees. […]
I’VE BEEN THINKING a lot lately about the sheer quantity of hateful communication I see online — the name-calling, the snap judgments, the pronouncements of guilt or innocence, good or evil. I notice how we’ve all been siloed into online “communities” — tucked safely into communication bubbles with people who […]
THIS YEAR, my intention is to be more open and to share who I am with the world. That means being okay with vulnerability. And it means writing more about the issues and ideas that I care about and sharing my thoughts on WritingThroughLife. This article is the start of […]
