Smartphone Phobia Explodes

There is a sudden movement in the Western World to take smartphones away from kids.  It started in the summer of 2022 when social psychologist Jonathan Haidt at New York University, the father of two adolescents, was writing a book about what he called “the...
Biden’s Pickle, Biden’s Stew

Biden’s Pickle, Biden’s Stew

The current crisis over Joe Biden’s frailty has twisted Democrats like me in knots.  Wednesday morning, July 10, actor George Clooney published an opinion piece in the New York Times calling for Joe Biden to leave the presidential race and make room for a younger...

Can Biden Save Democracy

We are living in a radically different America than the one we lived in last week.   On Monday, July 1st, the Supreme Court rewrote the constitution to say that a president who commits criminal acts while in office may be immune from prosecution.  ...