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Why reasonable people can look at the same evidence — and eat very differently.

By Charles Cousey All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone. —attributed to Blaise Pascal, 1623–1662 By the time I graduated high school, I was mentally ill — and I knew it. Eighteen years of constant hellfire and brimstone “Christian” fundamentalist

By Erin C. M. Anderson Less than two weeks ago, 2,000 federal agents were deployed to my city. Only a week has passed, as of this writing, since a woman was killed by an ICE agent shortly after dropping her child off at school — and only a handful of

By Jack Ballard Teenagers in the United States and across the world have a phone problem. In 2023, more than 50% of teens in the U.S. spent 4 hours a day or more on social media, per Gallup. That’s more than half of a school day! It’s

Creating ontherecord2030.org

By Karen Hill Anton STATISTIC: People killed by handguns in various countries in 2023 Japan—10 Great Britain—50 Switzerland—47 Canada—611 United States—38,658 “Ten? That many?” That was the shocked reaction of a friend, an emergency room doctor in Japan who’s never had to treat

My experience at Eudemonia.

By Michael Cohen If you’re a parent, you’ve heard it: Don’t live vicariously through your children. It’s said so often it feels like common sense. Teachers repeat it. Therapists caution it. Parenting books shout it in bold type. The “good” parent, we’re told, folds up

Make your family hate you with this insufferable yarn!

By Antonio C. Westphalen Berlin, April 15, 2025.  Since 2018, four young au pairs from Germany have lived with our family. They shared not just their time and care, but their culture, their language, and themselves. From the very beginning, our children asked when we would visit them, when we