Tag: political divide in america

Try to remember a time when you believed strongly in something. Maybe it was Santa Claus, maybe it was the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, maybe it was Y2K and you thought it would shut down the grid. Whatever comes to mind, I’m telling you this: you made decisions, took actions…

I once held an out-of-the-ordinary job many of you probably don't know about.  Once upon a time, I completed a midlife crisis master's degree in peace and justice studies. My focus was conflict resolution.  And the conflict that captured my heart was the political divide in the United States. In…

Some holiday cheer here: Please sing along…  One the first day of business, America gave to me: The Partridge Family    If you're over the age of 50, you might have to agree that Keith Partridge (David Cassidy) had the most enviable feathered hair in the country. Keep scrolling. From Wikipedia,…

Retelling the Story of our Democracy For Christmas, I wore a comfortable, velvety soft sweater my husband gave me that said: BELIEVE. Believe in what? Well, Santa Claus of course. But in reality, around the holidays I’m just saying BELIEVE in some sort of magic; some sort of pixie dust.…

Larry and I were together in the minivan running an errand for my parents one evening recently, here in our home state of Minnesota. In the darkness of a winter evening we turned a corner and found ourselves on an unfamiliar, winding road. The curves and swerves were lined with…

A metaphor for the Red/Blue divide in America Toward the end of my book, my politically liberal friend who raised his family in a predominantly conservative suburb says, “I had an understanding all of us were the same. We all wanted healthy kids, families, nice homes and safe neighborhoods. We all…