When I started this column about mental health in America, I never could have predicted just how insanely bizarre the year that lay ahead would be. It’s not time to take stock yet — more...
I’m writing this column from a place of profound personal despair and exhaustion. Forget knowing what the country will look like in the coming weeks — I have no idea what my own life will look...
When I used to work in Russia, I noticed that Russians aren’t very big on the horror genre — certainly not as big as Americans are. It made sense. Real life in Russia can be spooky enough,...
I’m going to be honest — I think it’s very hard for most regular people to keep it together this year, even the ones rushing to call themselves “lucky” and to explain that they are much...
In spite of what never-ending social media hysteria has taught us, it is, in fact, possible to walk and chew gum at the same time. To that end — it’s possible to grasp that lockdowns and social...
One of my favorite characters in literature is Fyodor Dolokhov in Lev Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” — a seemingly terrible, cold, and profoundly calculating man who is nevertheless capable of...
I’m going to get right to the point — watching people complain on Twitter about how their perfect candidate did not get the Democratic nomination annoys the living shit out of me. It wouldn’t...
By now, you’ve probably seen the (astonishing for those of us who still consider the U.S. president somewhat capable of doing his job) interview the fantastic Jonathan Swan just did with Donald...
In a sane news cycle — and I am using the word “sane” very deliberately here — the president of the United States using the words, “I wish her well” to describe how he feels about an...
Even in the middle of societal free fall — especially in the middle of societal free fall — the way we talk to and about each other still matters. With Americans figuratively and literally at...
