Archive - Living Resiliently

Memorial Day 2025: If we truly want to honor the dead, we must fight like hell for the living.

My Memorial Day Speech, Given today in Hudson, NY

May 26 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

We Can Never Go Back to Before

On policy changes based on lies.

May 7 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

March 2025

What the History of Women's Uniforms Can Teach Us

This Women's History Month, the Department of Defense is erasing websites that highlight the contributions of women in the military. But women's…

Mar 17 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

Three Shows To See in DC Right Now: Waitress, The Age of Innocence, and Wombat Drool

Support your local economy and see some great regional and indie theater!

Mar 11 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

Here's What Reducing VA to 2019 Levels Will Destroy

VA's proposed cuts of 80,000 of its staff will impoverish, sicken, and kill veterans. And even if you're not a veteran and don't know any, it will hurt…

Mar 10 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

Here's What Servicemembers Really Think About Trans Troops

A stunning revelation.

Mar 2 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

February 2025

Actually, I do Want to Talk About the Kennedy Center

The firing of the entire board, cancellations of programming, and mass resignations are a distraction. And they also still matter...but not in the way…

Feb 25 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

We Are All Cassandra. May We Meet a Better End.

Storytelling was once my one power and it is again. But since the last time, I helped change the law.

Feb 15 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

January 2025

I Don't Actually Want to Write About DEIA, but the Standards Have Been Lowered to Hell

I too have "dust on my boots", as well as senior executive Pentagon experience, and this post is definitely not about anyone in particular.

Jan 27 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

The Ultimate Guide to Musicals for Primal Screaming During an Authoritarian Regime

It's Friday. Here are some free theater tips.

Jan 24 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

How Trump is Backdoor Gutting the VA and Selling it off to the Highest Bidder

And that was only on Tuesday. This is one he has to be sneaky about, because veterans are not people you want to piss off. But we're already pissed off.

Jan 23 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

They Can Take Away our DEIA Programs But They Can Never Take Away Our Mindset

The point of a successful DEIA program is to not need one.

Jan 22 •

Andrea N. Goldstein

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