I know a surprising number of people who like to write and dream of hitting the big time, all the while keeping their pages in a drawer for fear that someone might read them. Putting your stuff out there is scary! Some, like me, write for their local papers, or self-publish, or have a blog or ...
Even though I’ve spent years being a women’s leadership scholar, advocate and activist, I’ve always struggled using the term “feminist” or “feminism.” I know others in my field have been frustrated with me because I don’t actively use it, but the term is so misunderstood. ...
As the Supreme Court considers Donald Trump’s immunity claims, many commentators are deeply concerned. Writing in Politico, for example, Ankush Khardori asserted that, “There is good reason to remain worried about the conservative justices’ handling of the case so far, about how they ...
June 1983 lake level: 4,204.70 feet The ’80s were a time of concern about too much water in the Great Salt Lake, which had just experienced its greatest seasonal rise in history. Up 5 feet from September 1982 to June 1983, it reached an all-time high of 4,211.85 feet in 1986. I know the ...
Labels like “far right” and “far left” get thrown around so much these days that they perhaps don’t mean anything anymore. How “far” one person’s worldview is from another’s is a matter of perspective. But if 62% of people agree on something, that’s the mainstream. This is ...
I carry some pride in having a sense of direction, knowing I can find my way from point A to point B based on a few coordinates. I make a point of trying to learn my way around new places, a foreign city or a backcountry path. I’m terrible at languages outside of English and have an awful ...
