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Future Generations in the Deep Freeze

As a woman that has used birth control during her entire child bearing years, I am one hundred percent in favor of a woman’s right to choose when and if to have children. In our mid-thirties, my husband Blake and I finally had that serious discussion about parenthood and were in mutual agreement to remain a childless couple.

With ...

Ghost Guns

Recent news stories about vetoed “Ghost Gun” legislation and the security breach at the White House has gotten me more nervous than usual.

Ghost Gun is a term applied to Cody Wilson’s “Defense Distributed” organization’s first fully 3-D printed gun. This “maker” movement has enabled anyone to create a working, lethal firearm with a click in the privacy of his ...

Working For A Living, Everyday

My father’s role model was Archie Bunker. What was a stereotype to fans of “All in the Family” was real to him. We didn’t politically agree on much, but we were both glad that he had a union job.

Teddy’s thirty year stint as a New York City bus driver saved our family and allowed us to live in relative middle-class security, with food on the table, ...