Can we bridge the reality gap?
It’s a strange and dangerous time to live in America. At least, it is if you take the word of conservative news outlets like Fox or Breitbart. Of course, it’s tough to take their word for it...
Category: Commentary
We need action, not mental health ‘awareness’
Robert Jenkinson, aged 28, had mental health and substance misuse problems. On August 30th last year, he saw his care co-ordinator (the mental health nurse or social worker who managed his mental...
#WednesdayWisdom: What’s a lovelorn dictator to do?
Dear Natasha, Can I call you that? Just kidding, of course I can. I do what I want. And unlike some people, I know that “Natasha” is a diminutive of the name Natalia in Russian, and hence it is...
In Hungary, fathers decide how their teen girls vote
Ági is an intelligent, bright-eyed 18-year-old with a passion for life, luxury items (she can afford or will borrow money for), music, going out, and a gaggle of friends. A friendly, outgoing teen,...
We’re having the wrong conversation about DJ Khaled and sex
DJ Khaled has been the laughing stock of social media this week, after an old interview resurfaced in which he shares that he refuses to perform oral sex on his wife. He does, however, expect her to...
Why standing up against Nazis matters
Newnan is a small Georgia town with just 38,000 people. I know only two things about Newnan: a few of my friends from college called it home, and I pass it on my way to visit my mother. Newnan...
Auf Wiedersehen to Germany’s Britons
Time was you couldn’t move for Brits in Germany. First in military deployments in the Cold War, young British men came to Germany in the tens of thousands. Then in the late 1970s and early 1980s,...
Why an “Uber for carers” could be a dangerous idea
I am a firm believer in the power of technology to do good for the world. In the earlier days of the web, when you could go on The Hunger Site and click a button to feed somebody who was hungry, I...
#WednesdayWisdom: The case for war in the Middle East
“Is Trump going to bomb Iran now?” Sure, why not. Yes, yes, I can already hear all of you bleeding heart rogue state sympathizer traitors whining about how: “But the Middle East can’t stand...
The incel primer you didn’t know you needed
Until this week, many people had never heard of “incels”, a term short for “involuntary celibates” that describes a certain kind of man. It’s a man who has never had sex, or who has trouble...