Xanthe's World

This will be my last post to Xanthe’s World for the foreseeable future.  I want to summarize the most important insights and information I ...

Though the two meaningful markers of a new year for me are in the fall--the start of school and the High Holy Days--I can’t help but get swe...

NPR’s Alix Spiegel aired a story earlier this month about female veterans and the alarming rate of suicide among those returning from deploy...

An estimated 1 in 88 military children has an autism-spectrum disorder, higher than the national average. Military life is already tough o...

Not Alone  is a website providing “programs, resources and services to warriors and families impacted by combat stress and PTSD through a c...

 Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 787,000 Guard members and reservists have been called to active duty, the most since World War II. A hal...

Here's a beautiful story about a five-year-old girl from Dixon, California, Kaylee Hubbard, who collected new toys from her kindergarten...