Joy Overbeck

Joy Overbeck : I'm an award-winning journalist and author who's written articles and opinion pieces for magazines including Redbook, Woman's Day, Parents, TV Guide, Readers Digest, Health, and local publications like 5280, LUXE, Vail Valley Magazine, Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine, Colorado Summit Magazine, and others. I've authored three books, two of them humor books published by Pocket Books (Simon&Schuster.) I would love if you would visit my blog at www.godsayshi.org, -- it's about the surprising, often outrageous ways God makes His presence known to us in the Creation, our remarkable DNA, events in our everyday lives, and even in the headlines. I have a couple of horses and ex-husbands, love riding, skiing, travel, a distinguished red wine, and Tigger, the world's most audacious cat. (Photo by Kelly Lemon Photography)

Colorado anti-gun laws target the most vulnerable – women and students left defenseless

Published March 3, 2013 | By Joy Overbeck

By Joy Overbeck, The Washington Times, February 28, 2013

Colorado Democratic legislators are passing a hail of new anti-gun laws that prevent the most vulnerable from defending themselves in places often targeted by rapists and mass killers. Similar bills… Continue reading →

Posted in Colorado News, Constitution, Family, Government, Politics, Women's Issues | Tagged anti gun laws, Colorado Democrats, Dave Kopel, Democrats, guns, IMichael Bloomberg, Independence Institute, Joe Biden, Joe Salazar, LPR, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Second Amendment, self-defense | Leave a comment

Legalizing Weed In Colorado is Reefer Madness

Published October 29, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

Recently 60 Minutes did a piece on Colorado’s gangbusters Colorado “medical marijuana” industry that’s on track to become a nine billion dollar drug boom by 2016. Although Coloradans are the healthiest, most athletic bipeds in the nation, so direly in… Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Government, Health, National News, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women's Issues | Tagged brain damage, Colorado Amendement 64, dangerous, dangerous drug, doobie, harmless recreational drug, joint, kids, legalizing marijuana, marijuana, medical marijuana, reefer, reefer madness, weed | 2 Comments

Women Know Mitt and Barack – We’ve Dated Them Both

Published October 27, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

Seeing Mitt Romney and Barack Obama side by side in the recent debates, it hit me who they are. They’re the two prototypical guys nearly every one of us women has encountered in our romantic lives: the Boy Scout… Continue reading →

Posted in Government, National News, Politics, Women's Issues | Tagged 2012 election, abortion, Barack Obama, birth control, likability, Mitt Romney, President Obama, presidential race, reproductive rights, women's issues | 2 Comments

What Price Your Vote?

Published October 11, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

Not that some cigar-puffing, back-slapping politician will be slipping you a few greasy bills. Vote bribery has gotten way more sophisticated than that these days.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, over 100 million Americans or about one in three… Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Government, Health, Money, National News, Politics, Women's Issues | Tagged black voters, election, food stamps, free birth control, free cell phones, free stuff, gay marriage, government dependency, Hispanic unemployment, ObamaCare, voting, welfare | 1 Comment

Who Loves You Baby

Published September 22, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

by Joy Overbeck

Political gurus tell us the candidate the voters find the most ““empathetic, “likable” and “caring” nearly always wins. This explains why, with the Middle East in flames, the economy a disaster, and suffering Americans waiting to… Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Colorado News, Energy, Government, Legal Issues, Money, National News, Politics, Uncategorized, Women's Issues | Tagged Barack Obama, caring, Dreams From My Father, election, empathetic, empathy, Letterman, likable, president, the Real Barack Obama, The Washington Examiner | 3 Comments

Is Romney Too Rich to be President?

Published September 7, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

If you’re wealthy because of your success in business you’re pretty much an untouchable these days, a member of a maligned social caste in Barack Obama’s America of “transformative change.” Mitt Romney is so rich many wonder if he’s as… Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Government, Money, National News, Politics | Tagged Anne Romney, Bain Capital, Barack Obama, business, hard work, Mitt Romney, rich, success, wealth, you didn't build that | Leave a comment

“War on Women” Fears are Waaay Overblown

Published August 24, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

What do you fear? And are your fears realistic – could they actually happen? Do you worry about the nasty contents of an airplane toilet splashing down as you’re enjoying an ice cream cone at the local street fair? Out… Continue reading →

Posted in Colorado News, Family, Government, Health, Legal Issues, National News, Parenting, Politics, Women's Issues | Tagged abortion, Bill Clinton, birth control, Democrat, incest, obama, rape, reproductive rights, Republican, Romney, Ryan, Ted Kennedy, war on women, women's rights | Leave a comment

Who’s the Most Dangerous Man in America?

Published August 15, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is calling the Republican presidential ticket of Romney and Ryan “the most dangerous men in America,” claiming they want to ban birth control and abortion. Obama groups are running ads with a woman staring… Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Government, Health, Legal Issues, Money, National News, Politics, Women's Issues | Tagged abortion, Barack Obama, birth control, choice, food stamps, government welfare, Mitt Romney, Most dangerous man in America, NOW, Obama campaign, ObamaCare, Paul Ryan, Social Security, tn, womans right to choose, women's rights | 3 Comments

Democrats Invade Your Facebook!

Published August 6, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

by Joy Overbeck

They’re coming — and they’re after you! (Insert scary music here.) The Democrats are mining your Facebook information in an effort to persuade you to vote for them and donate to their cause. If you’re one of… Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Legal Issues, Money, National News, Politics, Women's Issues | Tagged Democrats, Facebook, invasion of privacy, NGP VAN, Obama campaign, Obama for America, Obama Phone App, social networking, Social Organizing | Leave a comment

Let’s Eat Some Chicken

Published July 28, 2012 | By Joy Overbeck

What are you doing for lunch next Wednesday, August 1? It’s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, and I’ll be at my local Parker restaurant plopping down my cash for a cluck sandwich to support this decent family company against the onslaught of… Continue reading →