The best ways to celebrate MLK Day.
It’s tough commemorating a storied public figure like Martin Luther King Jr. In a lifetime filled with monumental achievements that no less than upheaved the cultural landscape of a nation, how do you...
View ArticleAn Alzheimer’s Gambit.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an approximate 5 million Americans currently live with the aloofly understood disorder. With various degrees of dementia, these sufferers are supported by...
View ArticleNew Skeptical Connections!
For the update hungry, a new episode of Skeptical Connections is up and out for your viewing pleasure! In addition to me laying down some history about two of my favorite passions, improv comedy and...
View ArticleAmerica sucks at science.
But to be fair, so does the rest of the world. Just this past Friday – presumingly because the government hates Valentine’s as much as every 20-something does – the National Science Federation released...
View ArticleGoing Gluten-Free.
Over the span of May to October 2012, anthropologist Lauren Renée Moore interviewed 37 residents of the university town Lawrence, Kansas. Finding volunteers through various supermarkets, community...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Idea in Mental Health.
Without further ado, my cover article for the November/December issue of the Pacific Standard. Short excerpt and link below. Child sexual abuse is, of course, a serious and widespread issue in America....
View ArticleUnderstanding Anti-Vaxxers.
The following is excerpted and slightly modified from the audio essay “Hearts and Minds” that I did for the Skeptical Connections podcast last year, sadly no longer in production. As I’m tied up in...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Up To!
Per some very good advice, here’s what will become a now-regular look at some of my latest articles around the web: New Study: Homeless Children Facing Mental Health Crisis (Affect Magazine) Earlier...
View ArticleIn The News
Horrible updater that I am, I do have some new tidbits to share. Namely that now I’ve landed in the Atlantic…’s Health section. Check out my article debunking a long held belief about weight loss —...
View ArticleRecovered Memory Therapy And The Mystery of What Happened To One Michigan Family
Hey strangers. I’m never the best at self-promotion (writing-wise at least) but my latest article is definitely an exception. Last summer, I traveled to Michigan to investigate claims of recovered...
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