It seemed unfair that I got the job and my friend didn’t — I embraced a major career change when I was in my twenties. I quit my newspaper job and joined the airlines. My best friend talked me into it because she had always wanted to be a flight attendant. She longed to travel, have glamorous adventures, and maybe even marry a…

And the Media gives them a pass — President Biden famously proclaimed during his campaign, “We are going to get rid of fossil fuels.” “Biden’s energy plan goes a step further by calling for the complete elimination of fossil fuels by 2050. This comes in stark contrast with President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel agenda,” said Marshall Distel in…

I don’t agree with every law passed in California, but this law is one I wish they would pass in Georgia — This morning I woke to the sound of a tornado siren. But how could the city’s tornado sirens be going off when the sky was a cloudless blue? Maybe it was a firetruck, instead. They sometimes scream through the neighborhood, followed by ambulances and police cars.

Freedom means having autonomy over our bodies — A year and a half after her cancer diagnosis, my friend died. The week before she discovered she was sick, she was getting ready for Christmas. Suddenly pain roared out of nowhere, gripping her with an intensity that doubled her over. She told me later, “I was in the kitchen…

Liberals have forsaken liberalism in their rush to label controversial ideas as hate speech or misinformation — Elon Musk doesn’t need me to defend him. He’s the richest man in the world. But when I see articles claiming he is a threat to civilization, when I hear news that the president might investigate him, and when businesses exit Twitter as fast as rabbits fleeing a fox, I…

Women past menopause are invisible and men the same age are not. Here’s what you can do about it. — This summer we went on a cruise and my husband got a comment on his clothes every day. Every. Single. Day. What was he wearing that was so riveting? In my opinion, nothing. His shirts had logos. I get that an orange polo shirt with “Clemson Tigers” can be a…

But non-denominational churches that avoid LBGTQ+ issues are the most practical of all — When my husband joined a Baptist Samaritan’s Purse team to clean tornado debris from people’s yards, he had to sign a statement of faith saying he believed in Jesus. When he joined a Methodist Disaster Response team to muck out houses hit by Hurricane Ian, he had to sign a…

There are some things worse than getting old — On a recent flight from Atlanta to Minnesota, my husband and I sat behind a one-year-old, a toddler, and their grandmother. The grandmother traveled on all her daughter’s business trips so she could babysit. “My daughter takes her children with her every time she travels, and I come along to…

If you think Progressives are the only perpetrators of cancel culture and censorship, you might want to think again. — This morning I read an article in The Epoch Times, a conservative, right-wing publication. The story was about Trump’s plans to run for office in 2024. Trump told a crowd of Texas supporters: “I ran twice. I won twice. I did much better the second time than I did before…