Category: Consider This

A column about very little By Ellen Snortland   Column writing is not for the timid. It requires ideas! Constant ideas! Interesting ideas! Wheelbarrows of ideas! I sit in my office chair daydreaming and staring out the window,...

Ending violence against women By Ellen Snortland “I wear orange for 16 days in a row to stand in solidarity with other activists committed to ending violence against women,” I said. It was 2019, and I was at breakfast in Puerto...

Parenting just got a little bit easier By Ellen Snortland Our lame duck president is more like a “loose goose” these days. As of this writing, Drumpf has not formally conceded, which is not surprising as we knew he would not go...

I watched the final presidential debate on October 22 because I knew most people would skip it. And, according to the ratings, many people did just that. I learned that listening to Drumpf’s bellowing and then bellowing back at...

By Ellen Snortland The 2020 presidential campaigns have now boiled down to watching Pence’s fly. No, not that fly. I’m talking about the Pence Pest, the fly that dominated the VP debate. Considering Pence’s evangelical faith,...

In the fall of 1965, I was 12 years old and living in Huron, South Dakota. “Ellen, do you know what a boycott is?” daddy asked. I shook my head, no. Dad said, “To make a statement, we are not going to buy grapes or raisins. And...

It’s now been four years since our trip to Pakistan, and there’s a current meme on Facebook that says, “If you had a magic wand, where on earth would you go?” Without a second thought, I say, “Lahore, Pakistan.” I know my...

Yes, I know that as a good citizen, I’m supposed to encourage everyone to vote. And to do so without even asking who they will vote for. However, with the possible demise of our democracy and our planet at stake, that second...