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Essays, evaluations, and observations on the drift of modern institutions.
What Matters Most—and Who Decides
Everything arrives on the same screen and demands the same attention. But some things matter far more than others. Reason...
Read Article Human Distress Is Not Merely a Body Problem
Human distress may involve the body, but it also involves meaning, memory, fear, grief, responsibility, relationship, and spirit.
Read Article Who Controls the Line Between Normal and Sick?
Medical and psychiatric thresholds decide who is normal, who is sick, and who enters treatment. The question is who controls...
Read Article The Consequences of a False Explanation
A wrong explanation does not merely fail to heal. It can change treatment, identity, expectations, and the course of a...
Read Article I Am Not Saying Do Nothing
I am not saying do nothing. I am saying do something effective. Protect the person, find the cause, and do...
Read Article Trust Should Break When Reports Stop Making Sense
Trust is not the problem. Irrational reporting is the problem. When professional reporting machines hand us contradictions, omissions, altered importance,...
Read Article When the Mud Becomes the Country
A country can survive conflict, scandal, and hard elections. But it cannot survive forever in mud. When accusation replaces justice...
Read Article How Political Accusation Divides Families
Politics now enters private life by turning people into categories. A brother becomes “one of them.” A friend becomes “dangerous.”...
Read Article Accusation Is Not Justice
America is drowning in accusation. The accused may be guilty. The accuser may be wrong. The media may be distorting...
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