All it takes is a change of perspective.
Monday Morning Justice
Just when you think you have people all figured out, someone new comes along and restores your hope.
In Praise of the Welfare State
John Faithful Hamer meets his real life doppelgänger and thanks God for the welfare system after hearing his story.
The Sweetest Damn Thing: A Review of Grimes’s Art Angels (2015)
“Oh Montréal, don’t break my heart. I think I love you.” — Grimes, “Artangels,” Art Angels(2015)
Colorblindness and Cynicism
Success is, in fact, more often than not, a function of some sort of absence.
Movember Blues
When you start to question your commitment to Movember…
Why I Hate Jack & Diane
Romantic love is one of the many perks we get to appreciate more with age.
November Now
“Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. . . . Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.”
The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Death by earthquake. Death by fire. Death by tsunami.
When God Stopped Talking To Me
John Faithful Hamer dodges the schizophrenia bullet, but talks about today’s diagnosing of the disease.
Do Bullies Lack Self-Esteem and a Capacity for Empathy?
Teaching a bully how to be more empathetic may just help them become a bigger and better bully.
More Crazy Ideologues, Less Babies With Tails
What was once a more-or-less harmless, single-issue troll has morphed into something far more monstrous and formidable: a veritable Swiss-army knife of bulls**t, a perfect storm of bad ideas, a walking Wikipedia of stupid.
Is Therapy Destroying Your Friendship, Family Life, and Social Skills?
Just as those who pay for sex soon suck at sex, those who pay someone to listen soon suck at listening.
Sticks and Stones may Break your Bones, but Aaron Haspel Draws Blood
It’s always hard to know which books will stand the test of time, which books will be read 300 years from now. But if I was a betting man, I’d bet on Everything (2015).
Why I Hate John 3:16
I’ve always preferred the grumpy God of the Old Testament: a moody God who smites his enemies, plays favorites, and loses his sh*t from time to time.
Social Specialization and the City
Big cities—like the internet in general, and social media in particular—make it possible for you to hang out, more or less all the time, with people who are just like you. By contrast, small towns, like families (and churches), force you to deal with real difference on a regular basis.