Mary Stanik's Blog

Did this opinion for the St. Paul Pioneer Press on July 22. Very difficult to write. But I felt I must release my cri de coeur for my country.

http://www.twincities.com/2016/07/22/...

My May 27 opinion for MinnPost covers Donald Trump's vaunted Woman Card and the dominance women have in the tough profession known as caregiving. https://www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Had to leave my Minnesota home (again). This time, it's likely for quite some time. Hope you enjoy the piece.

https://www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

My latest for MinnPost, on GOP presidential candidate Lindsey Graham's unmarried status and everyone's right to be married or unmarried.

http://www.minnpost.com/community-voi...

A piece I recently did for MinnPost, where I am a regular contributor, concerns the matter of avoiding danger (as counseled by Aristotle) while considering that involved in "Fifty Shades of Grey."


http://www.minnpost.com/community-voi...

My story about some of what I've learned about retirement while taking care of my mother for six months in the hot sands of Arizona. In the January 8, 2015 edition of MinnPost.


http://www.minnpost.com/community-voi...

My piece for MinnPost on not shopping on Thanksgiving. Even if you don't have a perfectly roasted turkey or if you do need a 1,000-inch screen TV.


http://www.minnpost.com/community-voi...

Did this op-ed for MinnPost, where I am a regular contributor. Domestic violence is more than a current news story. Domestic violence is a scourge that goes far beyond the National Football League.

http://www.minnpost.com/community-voi...

Here's a short piece I wrote for Iceland Review that tries to explain as much:

http://icelandreview.com/stuff/reader...

Here is the story I did for MinnPost, where I am a regular contributor. It concerns the life eruptions I've had to navigate since my mum had a mild stroke on June 23. The magma road led to Arizona, where I'm living for a while as I help my mother make her expected full recovery. The story also was reprinted in the Casa Grande Dispatch, the daily paper in the town where my mother lives. Hope it resonates with some of you.

http://www.trivalleycentral.com/opini...