The events of this past week have left me exhausted, emotional, and deeply concerned about the state of American culture. I know many of you feel the same way. And it really doesn’t matter where you fall on the political spectrum. Enough is enough. Moral collapse seems to be winning the day. In part, this…

Ten years ago, in 2015, I visited the 9/11 Memorial.  I walked slowly along the walls, reading the names—names of people I had never met, but who were someone’s mother, father, sibling, spouse, or friend. Ordinary people who had simply shown up for work or boarded a flight, doing what they did every day—until everything…

  Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has sounded the alarm on what he calls a growing epidemic of loneliness. In his 2023 advisory, he described loneliness and social disconnection as a public health crisis—comparable in risk to smoking 15 cigarettes a day and more serious, in some cases, than…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming our lives, and for many people, chatbots like ChatGPT have become go-to tools for quick answers, conversation, and even emotional support. But mental health experts are raising red flags: Could too much trust in AI harm your mind? Psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Pierre from the University of California, San Francisco, thinks…

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