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A panic attack is crippling. All the body's defense mechanisms are triggered at once, leaving a person frozen and in utter fear. Combine that with the fact that the stigma of mental health continues to plague our society, and dealing with these issues can be nearly impossible. Scott Stossel, current editor of The Atlantic magazine,... Continue Reading →
Mix a couple parts Jurassic Park, one part Indiana Jones and Indy Jane, and a dash of the law and you have The Dinosaur Artist. This is the tale of one man's desire to make a living at selling dinosaur bones. Yet, in his path lies an ongoing debate that has been raging for centuries:... Continue Reading →
As a teenager, my sister and I were dragged to Chicken Pizza (that's what the tour guide called Chichen Itza and he thought he was hilarious) by my mother. I thought it was a wasted day away from the pool and sun of our resort in Cancun, but it turned out to be a fascinating... Continue Reading →
1978… “It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor, Would you be mine? Could you be mine?” 2018... “It’s Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood a land of make believe, Won’t you ride along with me (ride along..)” In my own childhood, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood was beamed through the aerial antenna on the... Continue Reading →
Small Animals by Kim Brooks explores daunting questions about modern parenting through the author's personal experience and research. How are we judged as "good" parents and our children as successful while considering issues of race, gender, and socioeconomic status? How are we moved by the status games and the parenting competitions we play while scrolling... Continue Reading →
“For centuries, dealers of opium, morphine, and heroin understood that an addicted person’s fear of running out - of becoming dopesick - portended one hell of a business model.” The mother’s search, the politicians’ platitudes, the fixer’s cooked numbers, the prosecutor’s insomnia, the drug company’s pitch, and the addict’s dopesick wails. Traveling up and down... Continue Reading →
I have taught at the same high school for the past eighteen years, and every year approximately 5 or 6 students enter the military after graduation. Many of those over one hundred young men and women have been sent to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight. I often think about what they go through on a day-to-day... Continue Reading →
‘You have to understand,’ a friend had told me once, only half-joking. ‘In India, there are no facts.’ George Black's On the Ganges is a sweeping travelogue that both reflects on the genre itself in Indian history as well as furthers the writing style with decisive insight into contemporary issues in the country. The author... Continue Reading →
‘… many of the richest men had been busted several times, and all of them knew they might well be broke again tomorrow.’ I spent many summer days in my youth playing 'miner' in the tailings of the Empire Mine in the Mineral King Valley. In current-day Sequoia National Park, the valley was the site... Continue Reading →
