Kellen Squire
My Failure as a Father.
by Kellen Squire
I was born and raised a dumb 'ole Iowa farmboy. It seems like an era so long ago we need carbon dating to...
The Strong Women Who Built Me
by Kellen Squire
Mother's Day is, perhaps, the most celebrated- but simultaneously most underappreciated- holiday in the world. Yes, brunch lines are out the door...
Democrats and the Party of “Well, ACTUALLY…”: Storytelling in the Age of Trump
by Kellen Squire
A while back, I was acting as the triage nurse in the emergency department I work at. It was an incredibly busy...
The Moment I Knew I Was a Nurse
by Kellen Squire
I remember the exact moment I decided to become a nurse.
Hard not to remember- I was standing in the middle of a...
My Dad’s a Fox News-Watching Texan. What He Said About Pete Buttigieg Stunned Me.
by Kellen Squire
It was a "boys afternoon" at home; my wife and daughter were off making the world a better place, leaving my 2-...
Meet Elizabeth Alcorn, the Dentist Leading 2019’s Blue Wave in Rural Virginia
by Kellen Squire
One of the open secrets from working in nursing and emergency services is how little our profession resembles what popular culture shows...
Party Before People, Fealty Above All: Denver Riggleman and VA-05
by Kellen Squire
If I'm going to tell the story of Denver Riggleman, it has to go back to the last time I sat down...
Burnout Only Happens to Other People. Not to Me.
by Kellen Squire
For almost a decade now, I've been an emergency department nurse. Through the couple years I spent in Pediatric Acute Care, after...
No More $5,000 In “Amazon Purchases” Every Quarter; Fixing Virginia’s Embarrassingly Broken Campaign Finance...
by Kellen Squire
Way back in a wild and uncharted era - also known as January 2017 - I had just launched my campaign for...
The new reality of primaries in Virginia
On April 16th, 2018, almost fifteen hundred Albemarle County citizens packed the halls at Monticello High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. They were participating in...
