The military is currently experiencing a mental health crisis, with suicide now the second leading cause of death for service members. Brain injuries suffered by service members are a big part of this crisis, and new information has revealed the risk that service members face even if they don’t deploy. A recent New York Timesinvestigation […]

Regulators have exhibited utter indifference to fishing families and fishing communities. 

Over and over again in my psychotherapy practice, I hear the lament, “I don’t know what to say.” When heartbreaking events happen on either a personal or public scale, such as a medical diagnosis or mass shooting, there is a need for people to show up in some capacity to help, be it to lend […]

These administrators weren’t serving some great hidden agenda. They were just trying to protect their institutions – and themselves.

Although the shortest day is still to come, I’m thinking ahead to how soon the days begin to lengthen again.

Every time I rip open a lovingly wrapped gift (and plenty of us will be doing a lot of that soon), one thing pops into my mind: trash. The wrapping paper, trash. The package hidden underneath it, trash. And the gift itself, in most cases, future trash, given enough time. Too harsh? Then ask yourself: […]

The president is beset by progressive advocacy groups and media voices complaining that he hasn’t done enough.