I don’t like guns. I don’t like the speed with which they can kill from a distance. I don’t like the fact that they can spray a room with bullets in a matter of seconds. I don’t like how quickly their presence can escalate an argument leading to a...
Every time I see a commercial for a new drug, with happy, carefree Americans living their best lives, or even singing in the street, I get ill. Four years ago, my husband and I were caregivers for a man who was taking 10 medications a day. He had damned...
The 60 Minutes interview that Vice President Kamala Harris gave at the end of October coincided with a flurry of articles in an attempt by mainstream media to report on her existence. Yes, her existence. Because, in the eyes of many, VP Harris did not exist. Her efforts and...
I owe a sincere apology to the Jewish people in my life, my cousins, my friends. I did not realize that the devastation wrought by the Hamas terrorists on October 7th was so extreme, and so contrary to the "Rules of War", i.e., that the fighting should be between...
Because I’m not a mother, all of my knowledge about pregnancy and motherhood is hearsay, but the anecdotal evidence I’ve gathered says that both can come with problems and struggles that non-parents can barely imagine. The commonly known problem of throwing up in the morning is not nearly as...
Two years ago, when I started a new job, my prospective boss, who had already targeted me as a liberal, asked how I would feel traveling to the Midwest, maybe 1-2 hours from the nearest big city. It was not a simple question. Politically, I was probably going to...
The first story in my book is about abortion, which is a very personal subject for me, even though it is not my story. For nearly 50 years, abortion was legal in America. I remember when Roe v. Wade became law. Not because I understood about laws, but because my...