Better than March Madness

How a former colleague of mine (it's his fault that I'm known as "machine-gun Lizzie") turned a dream into a reality by winning the Wal-Mart Get on the Shelf contest.  And all pursue his dream of clean water for the world's children...

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/660705_Column--Realizing-a-dream-for-Humankind.html

Cam's last race

http://open.salon.com/blog/nocheapshots/2012/05/30/the_unthinkable_death_of_a_child

Ditching co-dependency -- and learning to own yourself.

There's a cost to putting a relationship first.

http://open.salon.com/blog/nocheapshots

How a two-feline fight almost broke our engagement

How we feel about animals, and how we treat them, can tell us a lot about ourselves. What do we value? What has priority?

http://open.salon.com/blog/nocheapshots/2012/05/25/cat-fight_how_a_feline_spat_almost_tko-ed_an_engagement

The Christian-Atheist debate

Did you ever get into a debate with a Christian -- or an atheist -- about who has it easier? All I know is that Christianity can be, or should be, a profoundly unsettling faith.

http://open.salon.com/blog/nocheapshots/2012/05/23/christians_and_atheists_--_who_has_it_tougher

Divorce and our wounded children

What divorce, and particularly multiple divorces, are doing to our children...

http://open.salon.com/blog/nocheapshots/2012/05/22/effects_of_divorce_boom_tsunami_watch_our_kids

What I won't do for "love"

My ongoing battle with online discourse... and the toll it takes on our interactions as human beings.

http://open.salon.com/blog/nocheapshots/2012/05/18/why_i_wont_strip_online