Valerie MarieA Room of One’s OwnCarving out the Emotional and Physical Space to Write in a Chaotic LifeJul 11, 2019Jul 11, 2019
Valerie MarieinDialogue & DiscourseHow Capitalism and Consumerism Swallowed DemocracyWe’ve become a society of consumers instead of citizensMay 3, 20194May 3, 20194
Valerie MarieGoodbye Chicken Nuggets: Is it the End of Meat as We Know it?Growing up in the south, meat was king. Pork was it’s own food group, and a meal wasn’t a “real” meal unless it included some type of meat…Apr 25, 20193Apr 25, 20193
Valerie MarieinDialogue & DiscourseWhatever Happened to the Consumption Tax?Income taxes are focused on the value we add to society as measured by income. But should we focus more on what we consume?Apr 25, 20194Apr 25, 20194
Valerie MarieinDialogue & DiscourseEvery Man for Himself: How the Ethos of Individualism Sucked the Soul out of AmericaOne of the defining characteristics of American mythology is that of the rugged individual.Apr 25, 201910Apr 25, 201910
Valerie MarieIs Our Attention Span Really Less than a Goldfish in the Age of Distraction?Or are we just evolving?Apr 23, 20193Apr 23, 20193
Valerie MarieinThe Writing CooperativeHow to Use Your Own Worst Qualities to Write BetterWe all have character flaws. Why not leverage them?Apr 19, 20191Apr 19, 20191
Valerie MarieHappiness for Sale: Dispatches from the Happiness Industrial ComplexThe Happiness Industry is Big Business. But are we being sold a bill of goods?Apr 18, 20191Apr 18, 20191
Valerie Marieina Few WordsIn the Age of On-Demand Everything, there is Still Magic in a Road Trip with RadioIn a moment of temporary insanity, my husband and I decided that it would be a great idea to pack our six month old Australian cattledog…Apr 16, 20191Apr 16, 20191
Valerie MarieinDialogue & DiscourseNew Zealand Took Immediate Action After the Christchurch Shootings. Why Can’t We?After a self-proclaimed white supremacist opened fire on two separate mosques in Chistchurch on March 15, 2019, leaving fifty dead and an…Apr 13, 2019Apr 13, 2019