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November 2022

November 21, 2022

Resisting the Urge to Politicize Criminal Violence

Yesterday I shared on social media a legal-opinion piece on a highly contentious social issue....

November 16, 2022

When “Medical Assistance in Dying” Comes After You

Canada's "Medical Assistance in Dying" program is in the disability news as "mental illness" has...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

Parsing Out the Physical from the Psychological in Chronic Illness

Today I want to dive into a study brought to my attention by a usually...

October 14, 2022

Mental Reality Check on Auditory Processing Disorders

H/T to Emily DeArdo who brought fully to my attention the debate ("debate") about John...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

NPR Media Disconnect with Real Life, Hurricane Edition

This morning while my kid was driving across town in an approaching hurricane to go...

September 10, 2022

Bad Medical Reporting Hurts Vulnerable Patients

It will surprise no one that I have a few criticisms of Suzy Weiss's report...

September 09, 2022

Her Majesty’s Final Inkblot Test

Something that astonished me, but shouldn't have, is just how divided Twitter has been over...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

The Climate of Racial Suspicion

I want to comment on the video circulating now about the Black pastor who was...

August 10, 2022

July-August Updates + Follow-up on that Dorm Story

Been awhile, huh? Sheesh, Jen. Okay, here's what's been going on since I last updated...

July 2022

July 14, 2022

Gaslighting 101, Transgender College Roommates Edition

My daughter's college housing application (small red-state public college) had some great questions on it...

May 2022

May 21, 2022

“Fear” and “Scared” Make Lousy Rhetorical Weapons

There's this guy I love, who shall therefore remain nameless, who's spent a large portion...

May 19, 2022

Legalized Suicide is a Trap

At First Things, Wesley J. Smith summarizes the research on assisted suicide and suicide contagion:...

May 16, 2022

Getting the Most Out of Your College Time & Money

Text from the 20-year-old today, and I paraphrase with added subtext to assist the reader:...

May 04, 2022

Abortion to Save the Life of the Mother?

The most compelling question in favor of abortion is, "What about to save the life...

May 01, 2022

Free Speech is . . . Free

I'm cracking up at the assertion that we somehow need a government agency, with a...

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Twitter Fears?

I'm completely mystified concerning what it is people fear if too much freedom-of-speech should come...

April 19, 2022

Happy Easter & A General Update

Checking in here to wish you a blessed Easter, lest you wonder whether I've forgotten...

March 2022

March 30, 2022

Baby Circ Says: Buy the Tool that Fits Your Hand

Baby Circ is the cordless circular saw I talked Superhusband into buying for our spring...

March 23, 2022

Gender Stereotypes in a Nutshell (Or a Lego Box)

For various reasons, a girl I love dearly is very anxious about her driving test....

March 16, 2022

Dismembering Womanhood

Confession time: In daily life the pronoun thing is off my radar. I live in...

March 03, 2022

Catholic Thinking on Ukraine

This is a quick run-through of some of what I'm seeing in terms of reactions...

February 2022

February 26, 2022

Lead up to Lent – Free book this weekend

Coming up from the rabbit hole with a quick heads up before Lent: Now through...

February 16, 2022

Culture War and Civil War

Hypothesis: Black Lives Matter riots, Antifa riots, Jan 6, and the Canadian trucker convoy --...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

The Healthcare Experience for Difficult Diagnoses

At JAMA Neurology, "The Best Bad News" a physician tells the story of his quest for...

January 21, 2022

Reasoning vs. Rationalizing

There's a screenshotted homework assignment, reputedly from a Georgia virtual school, that's circulating right now,...

January 15, 2022

Medical Gaslighting Illustrated

I want to run through a case study from a physician who writes about gaslighting...

January 13, 2022

Federal Funding and Civil Rights

Quick note on today's SCOTUS decisions on the vaccine mandates . . . The court's...

January 07, 2022

Hidden in Translation: Downplaying the Seriousness of Civil Rights Threats

The following essay is a detailed discussion of the political implications of the meanings of...

January 06, 2022

Clean Air Club, Solar Edition?

SuperHusband built us a Corsi-Rosenthal box the other week, which went quite well after I...

January 04, 2022

Resolutions, Rebranding, and the Body You Have

What caught the eye of your internet-mom this afternoon was a weird bit of cross-discourse...