My son Anthony Sterling Rodgers, who I called “Lali,” died in my arms on the night of January 11, 2005. He was exactly six months old.
In terms of his eyes, they were blue.
I have never felt such fierce love as I did for Lali. …
How to find your unique voice
I have to be one of the few people of my generation to select “creative writing” as a career choice in mi
iddle school, high school, and continuing through graduate school who actually did it. While I’ve done many different jobs throughout my life, the one constant has been writing…
Farewell Dave Wolverton aka David Farland (1957–2022) bestselling author and mentor to so many
This is my story of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest, and the Writers of the Future events, which I attended in 1998 and 1999, first as a published finalist, and second as a third-place winner. If you win third place, you receive a $500 prize, and…
Take it from a former mainstay of society: you guys earned every bit of it
And then some.
So, the World Economic Forum (Davos) believes the biggest emerging threat to humanity is “social cohesion erosion.”
I’ve worked since I was 13 years old. I have a master’s degree in literature and “creative writing” (cue criticism from the right). I received the “Teacher of the Year”…
The cost of “political correctness” without action and change
Greenwashing. Pinkwashing. Rainbowwashing. No bullying. No Trumpers. No Snowflakes. Double-mask and never go out. Masks kill. Black Lives Matter/All Lives Matter.
Is it all just for money? Or is it designed to drive people apart?
written 7 January 2014
When she is allowed to do so
First, let me clarify, I’m not writing about forced marriages such as the ones Nujood Ali and so many others have been forced to endure.
The absolute angriest and most recalcitrant I’ve ever seen a man is when I told a gentleman I’d been dating that I was breaking off…
Large JAMA study shows women are 35% likelier to die after procedures conducted by male surgeons
If I needed to see a physician now, I would exclusively request a female physician. And I had made that choice before reading the shocking results of a massive multiyear study of Canadian surgeons and patient outcomes that was published in December in JAMA Surg. An analysis of over 1.3…
The Coronavirus pandemic has devastated the youngest generation
We’ve seen reports for months that the continued disruption of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has harmed children. You’d have to be living under a rock not to realize what schools, parents, teachers, and above all, children, have gone through since early 2020.
Or as fresh and wholesome as gas station sushi or a Seven-11 hot roller
Don’t Look Up is a dark satire about the end of the world, and its creators clearly intend for it to get people thinking about climate change the same way Dr. Strangelove got people thinking about the threat of nuclear destruction during the Cold War. If you haven’t seen Dr…
