When the Trump administration returned to Washington in 2025, mental health advocates hoped that the progress made over the past five year - through COVID-era investments, 988 crisis line expansion, and bipartisan school safety law - would continue. Instead, the federal landscape for behavioral health has entered what some call a “retrenchment era,” marked by... Continue Reading →
We can be passionate about our political views. We can treat our preferred political parties and candidates like the sports teams we root for. We can fall victim to heated political debate in which we speak and write in ways we typically wouldn’t do with others. We can go down online rabbit holes and convince... Continue Reading →
Introduction It seems you can’t read a paper, watch the news, or scroll online without seeing comments and reactions to the efforts of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to cut government spending. I take no issue with the existence of DOGE. I suspect it is something that was long overdue. I am... Continue Reading →
I have been following the reactions to the executive order signed by President Trump that renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Some have laughed, some have proudly posted new maps, but many have said "Wait, he did what? Can he do that?" As I understand it, this order means that in... Continue Reading →
As I watched the Summer Olympics that took place in France earlier this year, I was taken with the parade of nations which by report consisted of 206 nations. There are countries you hear about regularly, some that you don’t think about very often, some old countries with new names, and some countries that you... Continue Reading →
If you have spent any time online over the last few years, you have seen firsthand both the wonders and the horrors of even a minimal online presence. The internet and social media have given us access and platforms that were historically reserved for a very select few or those with the resources to push... Continue Reading →
AI Prompt: Write a poem about crazy cat ladies rising up to sway the Presidential election after a candidate makes fun of crazy cat ladies. Poem 1: The Feline Revolution A candidate mocked the cat ladies fair, Not knowing the force he'd unleashed in the air. With whiskers a-twitching and claws unsheathed, The cat army... Continue Reading →
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