Covid-19

Our mental health crisis is more acute than in other high-income countries — and more therapists, drugs, or guns won’t solve it — We are not well. We are anxious, we are angry, we are depressed. We are teetering on the brink. We are emotionally agitated, mentally distressed. Everything is on the rise: Road rage, substance use, mass shootings. …

Misinformation comes in a variety of shapes and sizes, and not all misinformation is intended. Sometimes, people simply get the wrong idea about a piece of information, and a false narrative is disseminated and discussed. Meanwhile, the true message hides in plain sight. For example, the internet went into a…

Covid-19 and the Ukraine War rocked the world — and oil prices. Oil prices have had a turbulent few years dipping into the negatives when the pandemic started and rising to $140 per barrel in early 2022. What factors are presently affecting oil prices? How do oil prices affect us…

Could 2023 be… somewhat normal? A look through rose-colored glasses — Can we call 2022 the last weird year? Honestly, that’s probably going too far. There will be many weird years to come. So let me temper it a little bit: 2022 could be the last in a string of seven surreal years in American politics and society. I have a…