I have had glasses since I was two years old. I do not know life without them, and unfortunately most...
Politics
Tolerance: the new litmus test+
Looking back at the last 10 years, from junior high through college, the issues at the forefront of the social...
Illuminating my disillusionment+
I present you with a thought parcel of soul-baring honesty: few topics are as painful for me to feel connected...
Politics in the living room+
We cannot avoid politics by avoiding the polls. When I was in graduate school my fiancé and I took a...
Exploring corridors of power+
Early in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout gets an excellent, if brief, reminder from her father to get to the...
Confessions of a compliant voter+
It felt like a case of stage fright. Usually, quick with words to express my thoughts in writing, I got...
Dirty politics, clean perspective+
I have a low view of politicians. That statement should shock no one — as politician usually tops the various...
Let’s be better than our political leaders+
God does not follow political party platforms. Neither does truth. In the current state of American politics, both sides of...










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