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“We get the Presidents we deserve. A great people is what you need for a great president. Washington was the greatest president, because the people were at their most enlightened and alert.”* When *Charles Krauthammer penned these words in 1988 he never could have imagined the dissatisfaction and distrust of our elected leaders in 2018. Every week we hear of…
If we as a generation of women start embracing this kind of entertainment what will our daughters embrace? Our grandmothers, who blushed at the portrayal of a “love scene” on the silver screen, would be horrified to see the kinds of things we enthusiastically view as entertaining and romantic. On Thursday, March 8th the whole world paused to recognize and celebrate the…
Have you ever wondered why conservatives are so opposed to limitation and regulation of our 2nd amendment rights? Have you ever asked them why? In recent years our nation has become divided on many social and political issues. The anger and enmity that brew between us is a result of our inability to see things from the other persons point of…
We talk all the time about the rights that transgender students have to feel safe and protected in their environment at school, but does giving them rights mean that other students will lose their rights to feel safe and protected in school too? Are we teaching our kids that the rights of a small minority reign superior to the rights of the…
I know what you’re thinking… “Another ballot measure to build a second high school… How many times are they going to ask?” My question for you is: How many times do we have to? When my husband and I moved here 14 years ago our oldest son was still in diapers. We fell in love…
It’s become pretty common to hear people say that taking a stand on a particular issue either places you on the “right side” or the “wrong side” of history. I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately as it relates to abortion. I wonder if there will ever come a day when we look…
September 11th was circled in red on the calendar hanging by our fridge. But after waking up that morning the last thing I wanted to do was have a baby… I remember praying…”Please God, not today.” On this day 15 years ago I was supposed to be celebrating. After 9 long months the scheduled date for our…
