The Blog
Category: Issues
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An Organically Grown Domestic Arms Race
On the way to school this morning, my daughter casually mentioned that one of her friend’s father’s carries his hunting gun with him wherever he goes. In querying how she learned this,…
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RadioActive! July 26 – The Invisible War
On July 20, “The Invisible War” opened at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City. I had the privilege of introducing the film and participating in the Q&A with Geralyn. The following…
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Female Vets Running for Congress: Into Double Digits
Hot off the press, a great article in Time Magazine’s Battleland Blog by retired Navy Capt. Darlene Iskra, PhD about Women Vets running for Congress. Turns out that there are 10 of…
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Women Veterans Running for Congress
I’m so honored to be featured in Time Magazine’s Battleland Blog along with 3 other amazing women veterans seeking to serve their country in public office. Women hold 70 of the 435…
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“Liz–Are you for Real?”
Recently invited to be a contributing writer on Time Magazine’s Battleland Blog, I was fortunate enough to be given a real juicy piece of steak to chew on for my first piece.…
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A Hidden Battlefield–Inside the Barracks
Forget the creepy guys in trench coats—the Penn State University and the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandals remind us that it’s harder than you might imagine identifying a rapist and sex offender…
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Now that the gay thing is resolved, can we let soldiers be openly female in combat?
In March 2011, the Military Leadership Diversity Committee issued a report to President Obama and the 112th Congress recommending the elimination of the Combat Exclusion Policy. Retired Air Force Gen. Lester L. Lyles, commission chair, said the…
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Unplugged and Disconnected: A Technology Holiday in the Wilderness
In 1869, Major John Wesley Powell set out on a remarkable westerly mission—to explore and study the unchartered waters and canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers. Powell, a distinguished geologist, ethnologist,…