How To Talk To Your Children About Joe Biden’s Presidency
Take opportunities to model the behaviors children need to be resilient in uncertain times. Don’t catastrophize everything. Instead, be the grounded adult.
Health Experts Need To Get Out Of The Society Manipulation Business
Without political leaders and health officials they can trust, the American people will end up deciding for themselves what risks they’re willing to take.
How Helicopter Parenting Gave Us Today’s Out Of Control Helicopter Government
Helicopter governing has nothing to do with good intentions. Restrictions on every aspect of our lives do not make for well-adjusted, self-governing people—which is probably exactly the point.
Left’s Response To Trump’s ‘Don’t Be Afraid’ Tweet Emphasizes How Very Much They Want Fear
We can’t have people prudent about COVID, or rational about COVID, or thoughtful, or courageous about COVID. That does not produce the social outcomes that these people want. Being scared of COVID does.
How Forced Isolation Makes Huge Power Grabs Possible
Today’s wannabe social controllers are clearly using the virus as a sort of obedience school where we can be conditioned through isolation to conform to their demands.
Most Americans Are Scared Stiff To Talk Politics. Why?
Causing offense isn’t the only thing people are worried about. Many are concerned about their livelihoods and ability to provide for their families.
How COVID Control Freaks Cultivate America’s Culture Of Fear
Not only was F.D.R. wrong, so was Patrick Henry. ‘Give me liberty or give me death’? No. Take my liberty as long as it will protect me from death.
The Economy Won’t Recover Until Americans’ Coronavirus Fears Fade
If the American public stays home en masse even after public officials lift stay-at-home orders, the ‘re-opened’ economy will look nearly as morose as the current one.
How Journaling Can Help You Process Anxiety
Writing thoughts helps us avoid going in unproductive circles of anxiety, which can further reduce the negative effects of stress.
The #MeToo Movement Is Destroying Trust Between Men And Women
Like a disease, distrust is infecting our most foundational relationship as a people, the building block of a free, civil society—the relationship between men and women.
How To Talk To Your Kids About Death, Shootings, Natural Disasters, And Other Scary Things
While many articles stress that children need to be reassured against the potential for impending doom, I am also loathe to lie to my child.
How Anxiety Makes Americans Susceptible To Propaganda
Fear weakens society’s ‘immune system,’ undercutting the mechanisms by which it resists internal threats to order.
When ‘A Monster Calls,’ Pick Up the Book Instead of Movie Tickets
Not all books are meant to be faithfully adapted to screens, and the movie adaptation of ‘A Monster Calls’ would have been well-served to avoid it.
Instead Of Gloating, Have Empathy For The Liberals Mourning Trump’s Win
Don’t dismiss the paralyzing effect of being targeted for who you are if it has never happened to you.
2016’s Terrors Come From Trusting Presidents More Than We Trust God
Christians should appeal to the disillusioned and fearful on left and right, showing them that no president can fix our collective problems.
5 Ways To Handle The Creepy Clowns Infiltrating Your Neighborhood
Knowing how to respond to these circus-from-hell freaks is, like many moral quandaries, rather difficult.
Question The Stories You Tell Yourself About Terror Attacks And Police Shootings
If you’re scared an Arab is going to kill you, you need to question your narrative. You need to do the same if you’re walking down the street fearing the cops are going to shoot you.
In Tough Times, Step Forward And Be Somebody To Lean On
We’re a culture that is strong on the easy act of praise but weak on the hard work of encouragement. Human beings need more than that.
Why We’re Addicted To Panic
We keep believing the apocalypse is coming, even though it never gets here, because we don’t know how else to feel alive.
You Must Earn Respect Before You Can Enjoy Love
Remember your Aretha Franklin: Love is spelled R-E-S-P-E-C-T. It applies to relationships ranging from classrooms to foreign affairs.
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