54 results for author: Jennifer J. Dolan


What I am thankful for

This is the time of year when families gather and give thanks for the blessings in their life.

Taking none for the team

People like myself who have an autoimmune disease have some of the strongest immune systems, but it does not make us healthy.

Masks over ribbons

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that a pink ribbon is for breast cancer awareness.

The state of women’s welfare in these divided states

Yet I never find where anyone else says what I am about to say: legal abortion is a consolation prize for women suffering under systemic oppression.

Musings on higher education

The shortage of pharmacists in this country predates COVID, so no one should be lumping this shortage in with other worker shortages. The solution to this kind of shortage lies within education.

Rare

The saying goes, if you hear hoofbeats, you think horses, not zebras. That very line of reason is why it took so long for me to get accurate diagnoses for so many ailments I suffer from.

An open letter to Rep. Scott Krug

Hospitals are being bogged down by unvaccinated people requiring treatment for a preventable illness.

Making a mockery of mock outrage

In my role as editor of a left-leaning publication, I am very careful about drawing false equivalencies. I see this done far too often by other media outlets, and it turns my stomach. However there is one area where the left and right are equally egregious: the theater of mock outrage.

The power of a general strike

Happy Labor Day! This is actually a happy day for labor.

A message from the editor

In our last edition, I wrote a couple of stories that reflected my mood. Sometimes, with all of the wicked problems the world faces these days, it can just get to a person. The news is often depressing, but I felt more frustrated than anything because while wicked problems are tough to solve, so many of them could have been prevented.