Certainty is Easy When You're Young A conversation with my teenager reminded me that perspective only comes the long way

Certainty is Easy When You're Young • A conversation with my teenager reminded me that perspective only comes the long way

There’s Always Money for War (We Take it From Veterans) We're spending roughly $1 billion a day on military operations while cutting doctors and nurses from the VA healthcare system.

There’s Always Money for War (We Take it From Veterans) • We're spending roughly $1 billion a day on military operations while cutting doctors and nurses from the VA healthcare system.

I Know The Cost of Sacrifice And I will not apologize for honoring it.

I Know The Cost of Sacrifice • And I will not apologize for honoring it.

My Salute to Bad Bunny, Part 1: Love Is Stronger Than Hate On anger, politics, and refusing to let hate set the terms

My Salute to Bad Bunny, Part 1: Love Is Stronger Than Hate • On anger, politics, and refusing to let hate set the terms

If Not Now, When? Why I said yes...

If Not Now, When? • Why I said yes...

Seventeen Surviving the unthinkable

Seventeen • Surviving the unthinkable

Mercy Isn't Surrender WTAF?!

Mercy Isn't Surrender • WTAF?!

Hope Remains...And So Does the Work Protests are a moment. Moments spark movements. Let's keep going.

Hope Remains...And So Does the Work • Protests are a moment. Moments spark movements. Let's keep going.

There’s a Tiger Under Your Bed! (And Other Republican Bedtime Stories) Fear is our national lullaby...

There’s a Tiger Under Your Bed! (And Other Republican Bedtime Stories) • Fear is our national lullaby...

Live with Rachel Vindman! A recording from Alexander Vindman and Rachel Vindman

Live with Rachel Vindman! • A recording from Alexander Vindman and Rachel Vindman

Live with Marissa Rothkopf A recording from Rachel Vindman and Marissa Rothkopf's live video

Live with Marissa Rothkopf • A recording from Rachel Vindman and Marissa Rothkopf's live video

When Reality is Hard Why believe face the truth when you can just make up your own version?

When Reality is Hard • Why believe face the truth when you can just make up your own version?

The Dog Who Rescued Me Seventeen years of love, mischief, and grace...and still, not nearly long enough.

The Dog Who Rescued Me • Seventeen years of love, mischief, and grace...and still, not nearly long enough.

Courage Is the Antidote When the lights go out, it won't matter if you stayed quiet.

Courage Is the Antidote • When the lights go out, it won't matter if you stayed quiet.

Mandatory Mourning Sentences Y'all, WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Mandatory Mourning Sentences • Y'all, WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Not in Celebration, Not in Mourning There's a lot of space between celebrating a death and mourning a loss; I'm in that place.

Not in Celebration, Not in Mourning • There's a lot of space between celebrating a death and mourning a loss; I'm in that place.

Resistance That Goes the Distance Do one thing this week. Even if it's just one, that's still resistance. Stay in the fight.

Resistance That Goes the Distance • Do one thing this week. Even if it's just one, that's still resistance. Stay in the fight.

Parents' Rights for Me, But Not for Thee Sorry for all the bold and underlined sections. It's because I'm really pissed.

Parents' Rights for Me, But Not for Thee • Sorry for all the bold and underlined sections. It's because I'm really pissed.

Sitting In My Car The sacredness of scattered time

Sitting In My Car • The sacredness of scattered time

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! I don't want revenge, I want a reckoning.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! • I don't want revenge, I want a reckoning.

No Place Like Home I have a new appreciation for my husband's demanding work travel

No Place Like Home • I have a new appreciation for my husband's demanding work travel

Let's Do This! My brother-in-law won his congressional primary!

Let's Do This! • My brother-in-law won his congressional primary!

This Tragedy Brought To You By The State of Texas A guest post by Rachel Vindman

This Tragedy Brought To You By The State of Texas • A guest post by Rachel Vindman

Reset, Refocus, Restart Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away and take a break.

Reset, Refocus, Restart • Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away and take a break.

Addicted to Betrayal but You're Relevant* *Until you're not relevant and your evil deeds catch up with you...

Addicted to Betrayal but You're Relevant* • *Until you're not relevant and your evil deeds catch up with you...