Article Archive

"First I switched my party registration. Now I’m running for office in Anderson County"

"I think about guns" - from The Washington Post
How do you get people to care about voting? - from The Daily Yonder
I wanted to learn about my father. What did we talk about? Facebook. - from The Daily Yonder
"Writing her own story in rural politics" - from The Daily Yonder
"Recovery through help: Ex-addict uses his experience to save others" - from The Daily Yonder

2021

"I’m a progressive who just became a registered Republican in Kentucky. Here’s why""Silly critical race theory debates are wasting school boards’ precious, limited time""After pandemic and amid political division, looking for kindness wherever it exists""Fear and insurrection: Why Mitch, Rand and the GOP are afraid of Jan. 6 commission""On the 22nd anniversary of Columbine, look at how little gun laws have changed"

“How to combat vaccine hesitancy in rural America” - from The Washington Post

“When women feel hunted, America tells us to get over it.” - from The Washington Post

"My red state is still arguing over masks" - from The Washington Post"Visiting my unvaccinated family in Rush Limbaugh’s hometown" - from The Washington Post"False information is spreading even faster than the virus" - from The Washington Post

"The hidden pandemic" - from Kentucky Monthly Magazine

 

2020

“In my red state, people see masks as unmanly. That's Trump's fault.” - from The Washington Post

"We need hard conversations to heal politically" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Is America ready for togetherness?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Better off than you were 4 years ago?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Why won’t we save ourselves?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Trump refused to go to John Lewis’s funeral" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Looking for new normal during pandemic" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Pandemic: Trump not ready for primetime" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

"Trump ignores soldiers" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

“The wonder of everything to come” - from The Lexington Herald-Leader

“The last word” - from The Anderson News

“The 2nd Amendment doesn’t need a safe space” - from The Anderson News

2019

“Men who impregnate women don’t face abortion consequences in the  new abortion laws” - from The Washington Post

“What happens when we stop letting Trump divide us?” - from The Washington Post

"Take away his damn phone" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Who have we become under the Trump presidency" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"On 9/11, Shakespeare, and remembering" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"The toxic masculinity of Donald Trum" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Time to make history: give Trump his nobel prize" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Forget God. These days it's 'In Trump We Trust" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Love thy neighbor: reconciling church with hate mail from strangers" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Cruel irony whips compassionate conservatism" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Trump's reality-horror TV show" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"School Superintendent proves she just doesn't care" - from The Anderson News"Teach your children well: on that homecoming MAGA banner" - from The Anderson News"Why should we vote Trump in 2020?" - from The Anderson News"Free lunch ain't free, or What it's like to be a hungry kid" - from The Anderson News"How liberals make chili" - from The Anderson News
"Thank you, men!" - from The Anderson News"On small town religion tolerance" - from The Anderson News"Our real national emergency" - from The Anderson News"The baby killers" - from The Anderson News"I've been thinking: where is the pro-life part of this pro-life presidency" - from The Anderson News

2018

"In my part of red America,  no one sees guns as part of the problem" - from The Washington Post"Trump MIA as commander in chief" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Oh concierge! Healthcare please!" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Fear and loathing in Trump country" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Plenty to fear from liars and boogeymen" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader
"Homes for animals in need" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"No more excuses for disrespectful men" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Kavanaugh: what do women have to gain by coming forward?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader
"The Joyless President" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"To be free and rich in America" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Trump policies, rhetoric not Christian" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Remember the Dixie Chicks?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader "Open season on journalists" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"On immigration: no such thing as other people's children" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"NFL players kneel for peace, but the president wants to fight" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"The decimation of decency under Trump" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Kentucky dies while Mitch McConnell does what?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"When will Evangelicals accept that Trump is not righteous?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Sugarcoating racist attitudes" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"I don't want to hear about your love of guns" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Roe v. Wade is not about abortion, it's about power" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Why I left Facebook" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"What good are unskilled immigrants?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"The gaps in our education" - from The Anderson News"It's not about the Bible" - from The Anderson News"Crazy socialists!" - from The Anderson News"Fear of drowning" - from The Anderson News""Are we great again yet?" - from The Anderson News"Strong Women" - from The Anderson News"Collateral Damage" - from The Anderson News"The Cancer of Columbine" - from The Anderson News"Are we great again yet?" - from The Anderson News"Mass shootings are about guns. Period." - from The Anderson News"All the president's (abusive) men" - from The Anderson News"The 'very stable genius' presidency" - from The Anderson News"We don't need Bible class or Trump's Wall" - from The Anderson News

2017

"Saying 'me too' isn't enough. Women have to stop excusing men." - from The Washington Post
"Why we don't tell" - from The Manifest-Station""If only Hillary Clinton were president" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Yelling #FakeNews doesn't turn fantasy into reality" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Can't reach for future while clinging to the past" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Why do women take so long to tell?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Beyond deplorable" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Jemele Hill: One of two women calling out Trump on race" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Trump confuses nationalism with patriotism" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Who profits from our gun and manhood problems?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"DACA and our broken American Home" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"America First looks more like Trump First" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Charlottesville: staying quiet on racism no longer enough" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"White House liar-in-chief is no Boy Scout" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"If Trump offended you, it's somehow your fault" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"On the killing of Philando Castile" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"American Bootstraps: Lessons from Aunt Mary" "Read Healthcare Fine Print" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"When did Trump start caring about Syria?" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"The art of the grift" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Trumps play, while safety net burns" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"The CEO of Fantasy Land" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Lords of Chaos" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"We Were Warned, and Now We'll Pay" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Valuing Sanctity of Life Means Openness to Refugees" 
"When Women Marched, Trump Looked Small" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Kentucky's War on Women" - from The Lexington Herald-Leader"Season 1 of the Trump presidency comes to a close" - from The Anderson News"Whom I'm praying for" - from The Anderson News"Sound and Fury of our tweeter-in-chief" - from The Anderson News"8 years of suffering under Barack Obama" - from The Anderson News "The Carrier Lie" "Making Russia Great Again" - from The Anderson News"They don't call you Snowflake at War College" - from The Anderson News

2016

"The Choice" - from The Manifest-Station "A Stepson's Summer Visit" - from Motherwell Magazine "How To Be Divorced: A Stepdaughter's Wish List" - from The Manifest-Station "Why It's Wrong To Be A Texting (Only) Family" - from Grown and Flown "War College" - from War, Literature & the Arts
"I Miss My Mother Most at Five O'Clock" - from The Manifest-Station
"People You May Know" - from The Manifest-Station

2015

"A Stepmother, Losing Her Marbles" - from The New York Times"The Real Mother" - from Brain,Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers

"I Have Not Actively Worked. I Have Sat Quietly." - from Medium
"It Never Happens The Way We Think It Will Happen" - from Medium 
"The Stand Alone Gift"  - from The Manifest - Station 
"The Man in My House" - from The Manifest-Station 
"The Skinny on Mary" - from The Manifest-Station