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December 13, 2024
Shaken baby syndrome: Settled science?I was introduced to shaken baby syndrome over a decade ago as an attorney. I doubted the theory then, and I doubt it now.
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June 11, 2023
A feminist regretsA recent letter to advice columnist Dear Abby from a 32-year-old single woman caught my attention.
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March 9, 2022
Washington, leave us aloneThe mystery of government is not how Washington works, but how to make it stop.
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August 13, 2021
The woke never sleepThe preternaturally offended are ever on the alert to find reasons to be offended, even within a benign, politically unaffiliated organization like Alcoholics Anonymous.
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January 26, 2021
Sudden death on a street cornerA vibrant, loved, and loving young man died in one of the Democrat-run cities that bows before criminals and abandons its citizens.
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November 13, 2020
Voter suppression: In the eye of the beholderBlatant racism at a polling place in...yep, you guessed it: Philadelphia.
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November 7, 2019
Newcomers to the shining city"And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors, and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here.”
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July 18, 2019
The tragedy of returning to where I grew upTry as I might, I can't get the mass shooting on Fathers' Day in Southwest Philadelphia's West African community out of my mind.
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May 26, 2019
Bringing sanity to psychiatryThe world needs more Paul McHughs to bring sanity to a profession teeming with crazies.
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November 17, 2018
Blue-State RefugeesBlue-state refugees turn red states blue faster than Central Americans because they can vote right away.
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October 28, 2018
This sexual abuse hysteria can't last much longerNot before our nation hits a wall, at least.
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September 7, 2018
Opioid user hoped to sacrifice her free will to state Supreme CourtAddicts don't lose their free will when they become addicted, the Massachusetts high court ruled.
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August 18, 2018
To share a culture, first share a jokeFree speech must never rest because the speech police never rest.
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May 26, 2018
Identity politics to Balkanization to tribalism: A slippery slopeWill self-segregation lead to chaos?
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May 11, 2018
Bill Cosby postmortemIn today's supercharged climate, the presumption of innocence and due process have gone by the wayside.
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March 24, 2018
Lamenting the decline of manly pleasuresRemembering the bygone days of barbershops, gun smoke, and male bastions.
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March 1, 2018
Nikolas Cruz: 'Troubled' or narcissist?When did concern about the mental health of cold-blooded murderers override time-honored concepts like good and evil, crime and punishment, free will, personal responsibility, and equal justice under the law in the criminal justice system?
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November 13, 2017
Addiction: Brain disease or bad habit?A Massachusetts court will decide if addiction is the result of "bad behavior."
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September 2, 2017
George Steinbrenner: The Donald Trump before Donald Trump?The old Yankees owner's past may be the president's prologue.
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March 7, 2017
Channeling Freud: What do Trump haters want?While individual reasons may vary, all share the familiar ring of intellectual and/or moral superiority.
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January 26, 2017
The Opioid Scourge and the Disease Metaphor for AddictionThe "opioid scourge" and government intervention: full of sound and fury (and sound bites, empty gestures, and taxpayer dollars) destined to accomplish nothing.
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January 4, 2017
Let Democrats be DemocratsLiberals, the media, and the academy have doubled down in their contempt for Trump and his constituency.
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October 30, 2016
Class envy and entitlements: The story of the bakerA small bakery owner and I once belonged to the same loosely knit community group. When he stopped showing up, things got bad.
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January 10, 2016
Banning Criminal Background Checks and the Law of Unintended ConsequencesLiberals will never learn...
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December 14, 2015
Neurosis or soul sickness?Mortality rates are rising among less educated, late-middle-aged white Americans. Drugs and alcohol and suicide are the leading causes of the spike.
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November 13, 2015
Liberals, blacks, and Stockholm SyndromeThe puzzle of why blacks continue to vote against their own economic interests.
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October 8, 2015
The drugged children of foster careThe widespread use of antipsychotic medication to treat behavioral problems in children.
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September 23, 2015
Why aren't churches more like bars?The cure for the terrible soul-sickness that today afflicts so many is hiding in plain sight: honest human solace, communion, and connection.
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September 18, 2015
Liberalism and Munchausen Syndrome: The Perfect FitTime and again, Democrat policies launched with great fanfare to assist the disadvantaged have resulted in their disadvantage.
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September 10, 2015
Impaired Driving: Another LookSouth Dakota has taken a giant step toward beating the drunk driving epidemic.
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April 23, 2014
Government in Cahoots with its OwnBribes, kickbacks, and sweetheart deals in Pennsylvania.