Editor’s Note: I published this with a different headline, but after I showed the results below to my teenage daughter, the next day without hesitation she cancelled her plans to meet a friend after work, which she’s been doing (masked) regularly. Thus the headline above. Do you love taking risks…

Perception is everything. A huge percentage of the world, especially in the US, perceives ourselves as deeply divided. One side sees clear and repeated violations of the Constitution, from vote tampering and election rigging — collusion with a foreign government against American citizens — for personal financial and political gain. …

Clearly, the way to reunite the country is not to be found in presidential debates. Here’s a better idea. The following idea is as American as apple pie, older than the Declaration. But partisan propagandists have succeeded at turning it into a taboo subject. It’s called compromise. I do not suggest compromise between partisans. Clearly that won’t work today. I am talking about compromise between people, heart to heart…

As a political independent, I am loyal to no party but to values. In any candidate I look for: HEART (demonstrated love and compassion for others) BRAINS (values education, diversity, culture, and sees the interconnectedness of the world) VISION (soars high, looking ahead not backwards, sees a way forward that…

Eighty years ago this month, the Battle of Britain began, leading to the horrific and deadly London Blitz. For nine long months, the country observed a strict lights-out curfew while horrific bombing of London happened. When air raid alarms sounded, citizens hid in dark basements and shelters, while bombs destroyed…

America is in a constitutional crisis, but many do not know it. Imagine you’ve just arrived in a time machine from 25 or 50 years ago — you haven’t been living through all this. Our situation: We have an impeached president who did not go through the legal processes set…

Sheltering at home with our teenage daughter has been a bonding experience and a joy for my husband and I. Yet it has not been without its intense moments. The other night just before bed, Elizabeth asked, “Did you see the text I sent to our family chat?” She wanted…

Wisconsin is a state of extremes. Not just freezing winters and blistering summers, but also a political pendulum that can take wide swings. Evidenced by the fiasco of our pandemic spring election which made headlines around the world. Never in my life as a US citizen, daughter and niece of…

Meditating today on Lazarus Saturday, a major feast for hundreds of millions of Orthodox Christians and the start of Holy Week, I wanted to share my thoughts on death. How much we fear it. Hate it. Deny it. Avoid it. Fear of death has gripped the world in a way…