If the D.C. melee of January 6th is any indication, there’s plenty of work available for therapists. Even before the rioters feasted on biased news and conspiracy theories, it’s likely that many of these agents of raw human aggression had experienced trauma in their own lives. …

Dear Californians, I’m writing from Ohio and noticed from the election stats that the Golden State has the most Democrats to spare. You’re so blue that if you donated 500,000 liberal voters to our state, you’d still radiate sapphire. Have you ever considered doing our democracy as well as the…

If this year’s presidential election were a game of tug of war, one could say that far in advance of game day, most people have dug into the sand and aren’t budging. They’re psyched to vote, which is thrilling, since voter apathy is a perennial issue in America. There’s bilateral…

Trump has been very flexible in accommodating corporations during his term, but sometimes his favors are unwelcome, which must really baffle him. One example is the pullout from the Paris Agreement, which aims to reduce the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Globally, anybody who’s anybody has signed on to the pact…

As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. The state has long prided itself on siding with the winner of presidential elections, but this year, interest in Ohio’s role in the election has been lukewarm. Many have written the state off as a sea of Republican counties, partly due to the…

Last summer, Bill Maher delivered a monologue about the obesity epidemic in America and received a lot of pushback. The piece was provocative and led some in his audience to wonder, “Did he really say that out loud?” But Maher was prescient in his alarm at the health problems that…

You may have been debating this for a while. Is it time to stop dyeing? Now that the pandemic has nixed your usual hair appointments and several centimeters of silver have oozed out of your scalp like Play-Doh in a Hasbro salon, you might’ve entertained the thought of going all…

It’s nearly time for that cyclical November phenomenon when we liberals vow to move to Canada if the opposition wins. It’s not that we’re sore losers and don’t want to stay here just because a Republican comes out on top. Eisenhower was ok, and even Reagan and the elder Bush…

In these recent months filled with news of epic wildfires, primaries, COVID-19, and demonstrations for racial justice, the one thing we can bet on is that just about everyone has an opinion about everything. Some people refuse to wear masks in a grocery store filled with senior citizens while others…