Honoring COVID-19 Victims

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Our nation is on the brink of hitting a beyond-terrible milestone in this current pandemic: a half-million Americans dying from COVID-19. Today, to honor to those Americans killed by this hideous disease, our newly elected President Biden is holding a ceremony. As our nation pays our lost fellow Americans that … [Read more…]

Revive Civics Classes

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Do you remember taking a Civics class in school? That would be the class in which you learned how the US government is organized and your role as a citizen in our representative democracy. A crisis in our representative democracy In recent conversations with a few friends, we lamented how … [Read more…]

The Art of Losing

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We’ve lost a lot this year, but we finally won a major battle in science. Congratulations to the scientists’ figuring out vaccines against COVID-19! My dad, the microbiologist who worked in public health, would be giving them a standing ovation! I’m grateful, too, beyond words for this milestone. On the … [Read more…]

Holiday Wonder: A Wee Tale

“Once upon a time, there was a little fair-haired girl named Melanie who loved surprises. One Christmas morning (her family called their Christian winter holiday, Christmas), she woke up full of nervous expectation and a wee bit of good trouble. Her life so far, all seven years of it, often … [Read more…]

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