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  • Why Is Weight Such a Heavy Subject?

    Why Is Weight Such a Heavy Subject?0

    America’s obesity problem is often described with the word “epidemic,” and that is hardly an exaggeration. The statistics are staggering. Today, around one out of three American adults is obese, and one out of six children and adolescents are obese. Obesity related illnesses are a major cause of death. Information about Americans’ struggles with weight

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  • Why Is War Such a Seductive Illusion?

    Why Is War Such a Seductive Illusion?0

    Today the US appears to stand on the brink of launching yet another major war, ostensibly out of moral outrage at what is happening in Syria, and allegedly for the sake of human rights, conducted with a completely unjustified sense of certainty that war will produce a better result than diplomacy, trade, and caution. Today

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  • Why Is Violent Language Becoming So Normal?

    Why Is Violent Language Becoming So Normal?0

    The death a few days ago of Muhammad Ali, an icon of boxing as well as racial equality, reminds me and others of something that you too may have noticed: how violent language is increasingly being used to describe disagreement. One public figure criticizing another is “attacking” or “bashing” the other. When somebody’s reasoning is

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  • Why Is Trump Waging War on the Freedom Caucus?

    Why Is Trump Waging War on the Freedom Caucus?0

    Why is Trump attacking the House Freedom Caucus? He has tweeted that “we must fight them.” My first thought: this is inevitable. Destiny is unfolding before our eyes! There is the obvious fact that the Freedom Caucus was the reason the GOP’s so-called replacement for Obamacare went down to defeat. They fought it for a

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  • Why is There So Much Bullying in Schools?

    Why is There So Much Bullying in Schools?0

    Imagine if, at your workplace, you were constantly harassed, humiliated, and even physically attacked. You would probably dread going to work and call in sick often to avoid it. You may talk to your boss or someone in HR to see if the problem could be fixed. If it couldn’t, you would quit. You may

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  • Why Is There A Dyslexia Epidemic?

    Why Is There A Dyslexia Epidemic?4

    The earliest documented cases of dyslexia, or a language processing disorder that makes it difficult to read, date back more than a century. For decades, it was considered a relatively rare occurrence, but today it is estimated that up to 20 percent of the US population is dyslexic. What is going on? Advances in childhood diagnosis and

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