Nurturing Gratitude and Hope for the Holiday Season and Beyond
Sometimes it feels like I’m holding the sky up with one hand, while juggling sandwich-generation family matters in the other. I know I’m...
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jjrothenberg
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Are You Concerned About Democracy?
Raise your hand if you worry about the survival of democracy in the United States. I see you. Given the recent “Trump years” of fascistic...
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jjrothenberg
- May 24, 2022
- 5 min
We Can Do So Much Better Than Spread Handmaid’s Tale Memes
To all those who care about women’s rights, I have a favor to ask: Please stop spreading The Handmaid’s Tale memes. You know, those ones...
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jjrothenberg
- Apr 11, 2022
- 6 min
Breaking Free from the Grand Religion that Ensnares Us All
The Muslims have Mecca, where millions gather every year for the Hajj. The bulk of Christianity has the Vatican, overflowing with...
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jjrothenberg
- Jul 14, 2021
- 4 min
Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation
“Liam got his period,” my middle-school-aged daughter casually mentioned. That was about five years ago, and it was the first time my...
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jjrothenberg
- Apr 23, 2021
- 6 min
The Gun Problem and a Silver <strike>Bullet</strike> Remedy
I never shoot the breeze anymore, even in the middle of a casual conversation. You won’t see me sweating bullets under any circumstances....
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jjrothenberg
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Becoming People Committed to Reducing Gun Violence
This month’s post on reducing gun violence (The Gun Problem and a Silver Bullet Remedy) prompts me to highlight a remarkable and...
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jjrothenberg
- Jan 30, 2021
- 2 min
Becoming People Who Cultivate Women Leaders
The Women’s March four years ago was a reflexive response by women who felt cheated by a system dominated by men since its inception. I’m...
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jjrothenberg
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
And the March Goes On
One could say that America was born from rage and grows from rage. I learned that firsthand at the Women’s March four years ago, when my...
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jjrothenberg
- Dec 11, 2020
- 6 min
Awaken Your Sleeping Genie
I’ve always had a nagging sense that we humans hold far more power than we realize—yet we keep it out of reach, always just around the...
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jjrothenberg
- Nov 14, 2020
- 5 min
Becoming Better—Literally—Using the Power of Our Minds
Every time the nurses or doctors came into my daughter’s hospital room, they shuffled through her chart, puzzled. “Did they forget to...
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jjrothenberg
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Becoming People Who Protect Democracy
My last post (Designing a Better Map to Guide Us) spoke of a hopeful future and a unified US. But I have to confess that the current...
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jjrothenberg
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
Designing a Better Map to Guide Us
Every now and then my petulant 14-year-old daughter will extract herself from the latest viral TikTok video and declare her thoughts...
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jjrothenberg
- Sep 12, 2020
- 4 min
Reframing the Apocalypse
Earlier this week, an intense windstorm knocked out our power for several hours. Today is the third day of an orange sky casting an eerie...
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jjrothenberg
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
Embrace the Unknown
“Do you think it’s possible that humans will ever evolve beyond war?” I asked, casually sprawled on the dorm lobby sofa. Mike’s response...
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jjrothenberg
- Jun 22, 2020
- 2 min
Becoming People Who Stand for Equality and Racial Justice
As evidenced in The Illusion of Progress, one thing that gets me through these ongoing moments of collective stress is to zoom out and...
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jjrothenberg
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Becoming People Who Are News-Literate
My last post, The House that Covid Built, sparked plenty of conversations in our house about which news articles are true and helpful and...
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jjrothenberg
- May 22, 2020
- 8 min
The House that Covid Built
This is the story that told of the people that spread the disease that was caused by the droplets from someone who ate the bat that got...
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jjrothenberg
- Mar 20, 2020
- 5 min
Shocking the National Heartbeat
I remember the first time I heard it — or saw it rather. It was during the Gulf War in 1991 and SCUD missiles were being launched into...
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jjrothenberg
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
Becoming People Who Inspire Girls to Thrive
As penance for my internalized girlhood sexism, I am delighted to support an organization that has been around for over 150 years in the...
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