24 Mar Wild Women

During Women’s History Month we featured Caitlin Clark, Taylor Swift, and Cole Brauer, all outstanding young women. But 84-year-old Margaret Atwood has a lifetime of accomplishments, including two Booker prizes, as well as the National Book Critics and PEN Lifetime Achievement awards. She even invented...

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17 Mar Cole Power

During March, Women’s History Month there are standouts, including 29-year-old sailor Cole Brauer. She recently became the first American woman to race solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world. Brauer finished second in a field of male sailors. (Only half who started the race finished...

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10 Mar Swifties

Prior to Super Tuesday, Taylor Swift sent a message to her 282 million followers. Swift didn’t advocate for either U.S. political party, but she encouraged her Swifties to vote. It was a risky move in this divisive climate. Yet, how inspiring for a young person...

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03 Mar Bring the Heat

As we write this, we’re in Breckenridge Colorado waiting for a snowstorm to pass so we can ski. Recently, we decided to return our gear to the 90’s where it belongs. At the ski shop, they heat-molded our liners so the new boots fit and...

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25 Feb Swagger

Caitlin Clark is a dynamo, attracting thousands to the game of basketball. This Iowa Hawkeye grew up in Des Moines, without girls’ basketball. As an eighth grader, Clark competed with boys. But they had to recruit older, stronger boys to guard her. They rarely could. Recently,...

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18 Feb A Singular Voice

There are those who stand against evil with nothing more than a voice and a will. And they change the course of history. Bayard Rustin was one. He studied non-violence under Gandhi and introduced the concept to Martin Luther King, Jr. which became the cornerstone of...

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11 Feb Straight Up

In 2017, Alex Honnold climbed the face of El Capitan in Yosemite without equipment. No one before had “free-soloed” straight up 3,000 ft at that level of difficulty. After his success, Honnold married and became a father, but was restless and without a new challenge...

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04 Feb Get Real

Regina Rapp is on a press junket for her role in the film adaptation of Mean Girls. Rapp is a loose canon, praising Megan Thee Stallion's butt and declaring she's tired of wearing pink (Barbie be damned.) Yes surprisingly, Rapp is a bellwether for how...

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28 Jan Shake Up Wake Up

In last week’s NFL divisional playoff game, the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Green Bay Packers. Most sports pundits predicted it would be an easy win for the 49ers. But they were thrown back on their heels. They had become complacent. The 49ers were...

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21 Jan Fix the Ums

We suffered through the latest edition of the Emmys, hoping for anything memorable. No luck. But one irritant spread faster at the awards than the latest COVID variant. If we could have edited together a clip of all the “ums*” spoken at the Emmys, it...

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