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Fri, December 3, 2021 | 16:16

1 in 4 adults are estranged from family and paying psychological price

Search “toxic parents” on Instagram, and you'll find more than 38,000 posts, largely urging young adults to cut ties with their families. The idea is to protect one's mental health from abusive parents. However, as a psychoanalyst, I've seen that trend in recent years become a way to manage conflicts in the family, and I have seen the steep toll estrangement takes on both sid...

2021-12-02 16:41

Are dentists introducing teens to opioids?

When parents warn their children about drug exposure, they tell them tales of the danger of peer pressure from teenagers in murky basements or from the dark corners of the bleachers during a high school football game. Coming-of-age movies portray swimming pools full of teens drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana while the protagonist dodges bad influences like a spy weaving ...

2021-12-01 17:05

Justice for Arbery, at last

Ahmaud Arbery's killing in February 2020 sounded at first like a horrific flashback to an earlier era in which white men killed Black men for appearing in places they were neither expected nor welcome, and then were coddled instead of arrested and prosecuted by the local police. It brought to mind the distant memory of Emmett Till and more recent one of Trayvon Martin.

2021-12-01 17:00

Disturbing disconnect of FFA

I was just a high school freshman when I joined the Future Farmers of America - better known as FFA. At 15, I had visions of petting cows, playing with pigs and getting to hang out with cool animals. And I did get to do all of that. I joined FFA because I've always had a deep affinity for animals, and being up close and personal was very appealing. My rose-colored glasses fog...

2021-11-30 16:42

This Thanksgiving, be thankful for where and what you are not

This Thanksgiving, I'm giving thanks for all the things I'm not.

2021-11-29 16:41

Modi's reform momentum has finally hit wall in India

Investors must be wondering what promise New Delhi will break next as the ruling party tries to win upcoming state elections. First, the government made a U-turn on the three laws that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to use to shake up the stagnant farm economy. Next, he may delay implementing the four codes that have been billed as the “biggest labor reforms in independe...

2021-11-29 16:40

Another COVID Thanksgiving - sigh

Remember how depressing it was in late November 2020? Even after six months of living with strict stay-at-home orders, COVID-19 still lurked unseen in every corner of the world.

2021-11-28 16:41

After $50 billion in aid, airlines still struggle

With recent flight cancellations, staffing snafus and other problems plaguing the airlines lately, there's real concern the coming holiday weekend could become a chaotic mess for many Americans. Congress is starting to ask how, exactly, the companies have used the $50 billion in pandemic relief funding the taxpayers gave them over the past two years to ensure smooth operation...

2021-11-25 16:49

To curb inflation, pass Biden plan

We are a nation hurting. For nearly two years a pandemic has inflicted deep anxiety, pain and loss. And now, even as our economy recovers, consumers are facing higher prices at the pump, the grocery store, and for home heating.

2021-11-25 16:45

Why fentanyl?

A paper clip. A dollar bill. A raisin. A stick of gum.

2021-11-24 16:44

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