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As a clinical psychologist who has worked with traumatized children and families for decades, I am deeply distressed to see children being leveraged to influence their families, and ultimately whole communities, in the name of immigration reform.  The methodology of detention as deterrence has intended and unintended psychological consequences on children – both now and as […]

If you leave the operating room remembering one name, it’s usually your surgeon’s. But there’s another physician by your side from the moment you’re wheeled in until you’re safely on the other side: the anesthesiologist. Ours is often called the “silent profession” because, when we do our jobs well, you barely notice us at all. […]

In times of massive cuts to federal research funding, perhaps it is no surprise that university professors and researchers are looking to private philanthropy to bridge the shortfall. There is a storied tradition to this practice — patronage from royalty or the rich elite has helped scientists for hundreds of years. In the modern era, this has taken […]

For too long, America’s seniors have been caught in the crosshairs of a public health crisis we all recognize—but have yet to fully fix. The opioid epidemic has devastated families, strained our healthcare system, and cost countless lives. Yet even as awareness has grown, one of the most practical, commonsense solutions remains just out of […]

A few years ago, if you wanted something written, you hired a writer. Now, many simply open a browser tab and type a prompt. I say that as someone who has built a career writing. I started in comedy, selling jokes from my dorm room and doing stand-up in rooms where the audience was mostly […]

When Donald Trump won Florida by 13 points in 2024 and Senator Rick Scott cruised to reelection victory, Dems quickly realized there was no way to go but up. Yet in 2025, a few rays of hope appeared. An April special election in the ruby-red 5th District shaved 10 points off the GOP’s margin of victory from five months earlier. Seven months later, Miami […]

With the Middle East rapidly spiraling out of control, adding to the global chaos, it may seem that the planet is broken. Yet, the way the world works is not broken, it is performing exactly as has been designed to by those with the highest capacity for cruelty, also politically correctly referred to as world […]

March Madness is fast approaching, and 68 men’s teams are set to battle it out in the single elimination tournament to see who will win the National Championship. Names, Image, and Likeness (NIL), as well as the transfer portal have created roster chaos for coaches to manage.   Yet once March rolls around, the focus is on games played and surviving […]

When I was four years old, my family moved from Tokyo to Hong Kong. I didn’t know what to expect — maybe more of the same, maybe something smaller. What I found instead were walls. Walls alive with colour: animals, people, plants, shapes, and lines winding through narrow alleys and across dull concrete facades. The […]

On March 7th scientists from across the country will stand in solidarity to “save science, protect health, and defend democracy,” as part of a grassroots effort to fight the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the nation’s scientific institutions. Attacks on science are attacks on all of us. Science, after all, produces evidence to approximate truth, […]