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Testi-lying and the Rise of Post-Truth Politics
Lies Can Kill People and Dogs But the Real Victim is Justice Betty White — not the TV star, but my first wife — -and I each had a quality possession that we hung on to through being impoverished...
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Boomers Have a Drug Problem, but Not the Kind You Might Think
— By Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more than 70 million Americans. Decades ago, many...
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Back on the Bus With Stillwater: ‘Almost Famous’ at 20
Almost Famous star Kate Hudson remembers turning forty and trying to understand her feelings about it when her therapist interrupted her with a little bit of insight. “You want to get back on the bus...
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Why Are So Many Women in Prison? [Video]
. . We need criminal justice reform now. It’s no secret that the incarceration rate in America has skyrocketed since the 1970’s. But did you know the number of women behind bars has grown nearly...
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Thriving in Recovery
To look at Michael Munson today, you would never know that he was once immersed in chaos, depression, and anxiety which he self-medicated with substances. The 50-year-old Renaissance Man can be seen...
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Zootopia’s Deep Meaning: How We Talk to Kids
Zootopia tackles topics that family films usually avoid: racism, sexism, fearmongering and drugs. But it never uses any of these words. We unpack how skillfully the film addresses adult topics in terms...
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What Know-It-Alls Don’t Know, or the Illusion of Competence
By Kate Fehlhaber One day in 1995, a large, heavy middle-aged man robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. He didn’t wear a mask or any sort of disguise. And he smiled at surveillance cameras...
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The Wire: Stringer Bell – It’s Business
The Wire’s Stringer Bell is cold blood personified, the spiritual descendant of Michael Corleone and the Godfather line “It’s not personal – it’s strictly business.” The problem with the Idris Elba...
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Unreasonable Happiness
For many people, it comes as a result of external events such as a relationship, a job, winning the lottery, buying a new car or going on vacation. If I told you that happiness can also be felt...
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My Dead Brother Always Said He Was the N-Word of the Family
Trigger warning: this story contains references to racist and sexist language Policing words instead of hearts I have never used the N-word in my life. Even when reading Mark Twain or a Countee...
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Psychiatry and Your Legal Rights
The following interview is part of a “future of mental health” interview series that will be running for 100+ days. This series presents different points of view about what helps a person in...
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Do I Suffer From Psychosis?
For some of us, we’re not sure if we’re suffering from psychosis, or something more. When you start talking about psychosis you also need to look at the signs and the symptoms of this. Some of us may...
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The Harmfulness of Psychiatry
The following interview is part of a “future of mental health” interview series that will be running for 100+ days. This series presents different points of view about what helps a person in...
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What Is Paxlovid and How Will It Help the Fight Against Coronavirus? An...
By Patrick Jackson, University of Virginia The Biden administration announced plans on April 26, 2022, to increase the availability of the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, vowing to get more of the treatment...
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Why Being in Love Is the Same as Being on Drugs
We’ve probably all experienced the rush that comes with liking someone. When it comes to romantic feelings there’s a huge range in intensity, from an innocent crush to long-lasting love. Then on the...
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Overdose Deaths Hit a Record High
I just read a news story that drug overdose deaths nationally reached a new high in 2021 of 107,000, up 15% from 2020—and 2020 was up 30% from 2019. It was not a “major” news story, it was overshadowed...
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Is It Bad to Still Believe In Personal Responsibility?
For a long time, I’ve taken the conventional left-wing perspective on personal responsibility: that it was wrong. I was afforded plenty of privileges and lucky breaks in society that allow me to have...
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Why It’s a Must to Overcome the Burdens of Past Traumas
It’s important to give thanks for the blessings and opportunities that God has afforded us (which is a phenomenal thing); and realize how much our past traumas have shaped and molded our way of...
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How Do Drugs Know Where To Go in the Body? A Pharmaceutical Scientist...
By Tom Anchordoquy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus When you take aspirin for a headache, how does the aspirin know to travel to your head and alleviate the pain? The short answer is, it...
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The Last Thing I Wrote Before Rehab
I’ve waited some time to share this — I always intended to wait “long enough.”I’m better now, but they tell me I’ll never be better. Not truly. As the big day approached, I needed to mark the occasion...
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