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I first saw Rachel Reddick on Facebook when she was announcing her candidacy to run for the 8th Congressional District seat in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I was concerned about the direction of the country, and the dangerous and daily madness of the Trump Administration. The wave of women deciding to run for public office to

It’s like escaping a fridge prison. The winter in the northeast is cold and dark. Even days that are lit by bright sunshine are a tease. It looks so inviting when you look outside, until you open the door. So, when you get a chance to break out, you make a run for it.  We

This is the time of year when Hollywood releases the serious movies the studios believe will be in the running for the Academy Awards. Two of them, “The Darkest Hour” and “The Post” resonate vividly today when we could all use a reminder of what political and journalistic courage really looks and feels like. The

As a year ends, it’s the time to look back on what’s happened during that last 12 months. Much will be written about 2017 as one of the most traumatic years in recent history. But as we look forward to 2018, we will be remembering the anniversary of the year that shook and changed the

Now we have the “word police”. It would be laughable, if it weren’t so frightening.  The Washington Post reports that the Centers for Disease Control has banned seven words for use in any future budget proposals. “Vulnerable”, “entitlement”, “diversity”, “transgender”, “fetus”, “science-based”, and “evidence-based.” The Department of Health and Human Services spokesman says, “The assertion

Who could have imagined this year? Many predicted deeper division, fear and anger. Compromise and accommodation would be seen as weaknesses. We didn’t know what to expect each morning when we turned on our phones or laptops. There would be bizarre, childish, and even threatening tweets from the president. We would be jolted awake by

It was a story about a stamp that got my attention. It was written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Elizabeth Becker in The New York Times opinion column “Vietnam 67”. It was about a commemorative stamp Australia issued for Veterans Day honoring Austrailan war correspondent Kate Webb. Webb quit her newspaper job, and flew to

The stories keep coming everyday. It’s like the dam that was holding back the ugly secrets finally burst. Weinstein, Spacey, Roger Alies, Bill O’Reilly, Dustin Hoffman, Jeremy Piven, Louis CK, Steven Seagal, Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. The list of the powerful and famous, including the heads of big companies in Silicon Valley and

We had just taken out our science notes in my 8th grade class when there was a knock on the door. A student from a lower grade walked in with a note for the nun. This happened all the time. But when the nun opened the note, her face turned white. I remember her saying,

The first thing you notice is the peacefulness. The Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site sits on the banks of the Pedernales River in the hill country of Gillespie County, Texas. It’s the home of the LBJ Ranch, once known as the Texas White House during Johnson’s years as president from November, 1963