>"In the opioid epidemic, citizens step in to help where the government does not."

"Desire is a strange thing. How do you track it? How do you know it to be true? What is my own desire? Not something fabricated to meet another’s expectation or something I was taught to simulate in order to feel worthy but what is mine, _...Read More_

>"The jury in Virginia found that Ms. Heard had damaged her ex-husband’s reputation with an op-ed in which she identified herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”"

<< By the time the culture in general comes to terms with the damage wrought by the trial and its coverage, it may be too late. Heard may one day get the redemption arc afforded to previously villainized celebrity women, but it will _...Read More_

"For much of the 20th century, before the dawn of our own wellness-focused era, madness and substance abuse were often considered prerequisites for great art."

Among the details in this piece is that on more than one occasion, someone would share old emails to back up their version of events and the emails would actually say the opposite. Re-tell a story enough times and you'll forget it didn't _...Read More_

"A clear demarcation is required between impassioned critique and extremist incitement if we’re to better protect our politicians and public."

"The Catholic Church in France showed a “cruel indifference” toward victims of pedophiles—mirroring the attitude of many French elites."

That conversation begins with the recognition that humans like to change consciousness and that cultures have been using psychoactive plants and fungi to do so for as long as there have been cultures. Something about us is just not _...Read More_

When you takes away guns and shootings,you have more time to explore grief,guilt and the psychological complexity of crime.

>"A widespread but illegal campaign by a group calling itself “the Gluers” uses posters to denounce violence against women. It has become an effective — _...Read More_

A cook has gone on trial in Cologne accused of sexually abusing his baby daughter, in Germany's biggest post-war paedophile investigation. Police say tens of thousands of people in paedophile _...Read More_