If youre like many parents, sometime in the last month or so you gave up the better part of a weekday evening to attend back-to-school night. Perhaps you stuffed your body awkwardly into a tiny chair made for second-graders while obediently writing down field…
When President Donald Trump is not attacking pro-impeachment Democrats or Republicans who have dared to question him in public, he has taken public solace in a base re-ignited by conflict. Donations to his re-election campaign are up as the MAGA faithful resp…
When Breaking Bad premiered in January of 2008, it was the second so-called prestige TV series produced by cable channel AMC. After garnering critical acclaim for Mad Men, which premiered the year before, AMCs second big drama also hit pay dirt. The story of …
Parental favoritism, a popular topic in literature, movies and in psychotherapists offices, has recently been receiving attention in the media. And the perception that Mom always loved you best as 1960s comedian Tom Smothers would tell his brother can have an…
That marijuana remains illegal at the federal level is arguably the biggest blind spot today in American public health policy. This is wrong, ill-informed and part of the reason why people are dying today from formulations of vaped cannabinoids. Where the fed…
America never tires of action movies. It also never tires of sending troops overseas. Ang Lee’s new film “Gemini Man” is a goofy, high-octane action thriller that suggests that our love for goofy, high-octane action thrillers may have something to do with our…
My parents learned I was gay when I was 18. My father punched me and pushed me to the floor while telling me I was no longer his son. My mother slapped me and demanded I tell her why I had done this to her. Crying, bleeding and as scared as I had ever been…
The health challenge recently faced by Sen. Bernie Sanders has brought two issues to the forefront of the 2020 presidential election. Should there be a disqualifying upper age limit to become president, and should an existing health issue preclude a candidate…
The celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China at the beginning of this month promised plenty of pomp and power projection. In the days leading up to the grandiose parade through Beijings Tiananmen Square, Chinese cit…
Youve likely heard of redlining the practice of systematizing discrimination based on where you live. Youve probably even heard us talk about the ways its legacy continues to impact the upward mobility of communities of color. But do you know what happened ne…
Reports surfaced Tuesday that former Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., has agreed to help President Donald Trump mount a legal defense to the Houses impeachment inquiry. (Although apparently Gowdy can’t formally join the team until January 2020 due to lobbying restric…
Do you know you the difference between an STD and an STI? Probably not because, if you’re like most Americans, sex education wasn’t really taught in school, as it either wasn’t offered or wasn’t required. (For the record, those of us who work in sexual and r…