Goodbye, Donald Trump. You changed America. You also changed me
I am angrier, more confused, more frightened and more cynical than four years ago – and whatever America was, it no longer is
Jan 2021
I am angrier, more confused, more frightened and more cynical than four years ago – and whatever America was, it no longer is
Apr 2020
I am in the sizeable part of the population who must seek to distinguish between ordinary fear and the beginnings of a breakdown.
Apr 2017
We need new words for new kinds of relatedness, ones that don’t simply hark back to traditional roles
Nov 2016
Writers choose their best reads of 2016.
Sep 2016
How have walls come to be so popular in a time when globalism would seem to be knocking down walls?
Jun 2016
The US is no longer quite as queer-phobic, but it remains a land where success has blinded many people, LGBTQ or otherwise, to the constant guerrilla warfare that we must ...
May 2016
Freedom of speech cannot be constrained to freedom to express one’s own point of view.
Apr 2016
A new generation of doctor writers is investigating the mysteries of the medical profession, exploring the vital intersection between science and art.
Sep 2015
Sacks was not made uncomfortable by what unnerves most of us.
Aug 2014
A lack of friends can suck someone into solitude – sharing the language of affection could help to ease the pain.