Welcome to the New Year! This is the year I’m dubbing “The Year of Alignment.” I recently rang in 2019 by ditching the concept of making a traditional resolution, and instead, embracing the idea of choosing a “word of the year.” Don’t get me wrong…I’m all for having a resolution, if that’s your thing. However […]
The InStepp Blog: Our Perspective
Visit the InStepp Blog often to get our perspective on issues and local events. Our bloggers continually scan the internet looking for news, ideas and other information of potential interest to our readers.
Gaining US Citizenship: We’ve Got to Go Through It!
The impact these words have on my heart. When my children were young, we would read together, We’re Going on A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and beautifully illustrated by Helen Rosenbury. It’s a classic, rhythmically poetic children’s tale of a family going through obstacles in order to catch a bear. I would read this […]
A Most Historic Midterm Election
While the results of the 2018 midterm elections will undoubtably prove to disrupt the political status quo in a myriad of ways, one very obvious difference can be observed simply by looking at the incoming freshmen class of U.S. Representatives, Senators, and Governors. Political offices have traditionally been male-dominated, yet this year a record-breaking number […]