By Michelle Simonsen It was a sub-zero night in January, 1992.  I was 18 and ready to have some beers with my friends on a Saturday night ...

By Michelle Simonsen Five years ago, when I first heard of Joran van der Sloot, I prayed that the stories he told Aruban officials while...

By Michelle Simonsen In the spring of 2001, I was 27 years old.  I was just downsized in a mass layoff from another company.  It just so ...

By Michelle Simonsen CONSIDER IT--IT'S POSSIBLE   If you are a Twitter or Facebook user, most of us are guilty of this.   TMI. Too ...

By Michelle Simonsen Americans traveling outside of the country has always held some sort of inert danger, but in recent years it has bec...