Subscribe to feedby Patrice Lewis -- As we approach this year's Earth Day – the international celebration in which progressive politicians and celebrities exempt themselves from the green legislation they helped create – the more…
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Patrice Lewis is a freelance writer whose latest book is "The Simplicity Primer: 365 Ideas for Making Life more Livable." She is co-founder (with her husband) of a home woodcraft business. The Lewises live on 20 acres in north Idaho with their two homeschooled children, assorted livestock, and a shop that overflows into the house with depressing regularity. Visit her blog at www.rural-revolution.com.
A priority and sacrifice – not a luxury
by Patrice Lewis -- It was the snark meant for no other purpose than to polarize: "His wife has actually never worked a day in her life." I refer, of course, to more…
Rendering unto Caesar
by Patrice Lewis -- I've had a grueling week. I spent much of it huddling over our kitchen table, preparing our taxes. When you're self-employed as we are, taxes are a complicated more…
Treason from within
by Patrice Lewis -- Many years ago in college, I took a required psychology class. One day we were told by our professor we had to divvy ourselves up into two groups more…
Omnipotent moral busybodies
by Patrice Lewis -- Thinking on donating food to a city-run homeless shelter? If you're in New York City, forget it. It seems Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a man on a mission: more…
The sins of the parents
by Patrice Lewis -- You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the more…
Why we are a nation divided
by Patrice Lewis -- With the presidential elections coming up this year, I've been giving a great deal of thought to why we are so divided as a nation. I know division more…
Bad guys and monsters
by Patrice Lewis -- Doubtless you've heard of the bizarre case of a Canadian father named Jesse Sansone who was arrested, strip-searched and jailed because his four-year-old daughter drew a crayon picture more…
The lust for power
by Patrice Lewis -- Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it. – Frank Herbert, "Dune" It was nothing more than a random headline my husband read out loud off the more…
Nutrition Nazis – at a school near you
by Patrice Lewis -- My husband stormed in from his shop on Tuesday, furious over a news story he heard on the Rush Limbaugh show. It seems there are now Nutrition Nazis more…