By now many of you have probably heard me tell the story of how my next-door neighbor, Israel Vallarta, turned out to be a kingpin in Los Zodiaco, a kidnapping-for-ransom ring in Mexico. One of the many things we all learned was that Vallarta had a young girlfriend in addition to the woman he lived…
I LOVE New Year’s Eve. There’s technically nothing magically different about it, except it means there’s a whole new year starting the next day. And there’s just something about a fresh start in a brand new year. So what am I doing? Stay tuned as we head in 2016… and keep following 🙂
(Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) “Tim Wolfe must acknowledge his white male privilege, recognize that systems of oppression exist, and provide a verbal commitment to fulfilling Concerned Student 1-9-5-0 demands.” That topped the list of demands levied by University of Missouri students against what they claimed was a lack of willingness on the university’s…
What will it take to conjure up a serious, un-forced reaction from this president? Or perhaps more realistically, what will it take for people to realize that this president’s lethargic responses time and again, just might MEAN something?
As promised in my piece featured on TheBlaze, below are the stories I asked you to come and read. I’ve left them in my interviewees’ own words to give you a far more personal glance into the lives of our law enforcement community. Note: Select edits have been made to protect these individuals. Emphases are mine.…
I once had a Twitter argument with someone who – during the Trayvon Martin incident – wrote off my point of view almost immediately because I was just some white girl who didn’t know what it was like to walk around as a black person and fear for my life. The man had a point,…
Sometimes it’s the simplest of things that proves to be the most powerful encouragement. I was tuned into the Glenn Beck program a few weeks back when I heard him say (in speaking to his audience about the year to come) [paraphrased]: “I don’t know what dream it is you’ve got—what’s whispering in your ear…
Day 24. The air still reeks of polyurethane, paint, and clear packing tape. Base camp in all its cardboard glory has been permanently moved to a new forward operating base—otherwise known as our first home—but not before we took on significant DIY projects to improve upon the previous owners’ . . . ehem . .…
Yesterday the President Obama announced and publicly signed 23 executive actions in response to the violence at Sandy Hook, as well as called for Congress to restore a ban on military-style assault weapons and to implement 10-round limit for magazines. As New York Magazine correctly noted, he did not signed executive orders, but rather executive “actions”…
I set out to watch this debate with the understanding that the last time, Barack Obama set the bar SO LOW that ANY progression would be viewed as a slam dunk by our friends in media, and on the left. I love it when I’m right. Let me be clear, however- Obama was no comeback…
A Future Free 