Social networks such as YouTube and Facebook have the power to make content go "viral," spreading it at an unprecedented and uncontrollable pace. That seems innocent enough when you're looking at a cat video, but if it's murder, for example, the lack of a way of stopping the virus becomes glaring.
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The military released its annual report on military sexual assault this month revealing that, despite significant efforts to tackle sex assaul… Read more
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt concisely described the two big dangers embedded in the growing tensions between the United States and I… Read more
The discovery that hackers could snoop on WhatsApp should alert users of supposedly secure messaging apps to an uncomfortable truth: "End-to-e… Read more
What is the minimum wage in the United States? To a much greater extent than used to be the case, the correct answer is: "It depends." Read more
The essential problem that gave rise to decades of clergy sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church was that bishops, whose authority over their … Read more
People really do mean well, but since we’ve created a culture built around achievement, significance and endurance, we’re not good with loss. … Read more
The essential problem that gave rise to decades of clergy sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church was that bishops, whose authority over their … Read more
Consensus is rare in Washington. And yet even Sen. Bernie Sanders recently admitted “the economy is doing well.” Read more
When a gunman opened fired in a synagogue in California, 60-year-old Lori Gilbert Kaye jumped between the shooter and the rabbi. She was kille… Read more
Motherhood provides satisfaction and meaning to many women, but it has never been easy, often demanding hard work and sacrifices. Conventional… Read more
Nature is not only pretty, it is also valuable. And humans are squandering its value with behavior that will grievously harm future generation… Read more
This Mother’s Day, let’s take a moment to recognize a ubiquitous part of the internet ecosystem: the “mommy blogger.” Love it or loathe it, pa… Read more
It's commendable but hardly earth-shattering news that congressional Democrats are once again trying to enact legislation that would secure a … Read more
For many Americans, the wage gap between women and men comes down to simple discrimination. What else could explain it? Read more
The officially sanctioned National Day of Prayer – observed on May 2 this year – goes against the spirit of our secular Constitution. Read more
Robert Mueller's report landed with an anticlimactic thud. It seems to have changed no one's mind or made anyone particularly happy. If you be… Read more
North Korea is history's most perfected totalitarian state. Ruled by a deified dynastic dictatorship whose record of crimes against humanity i… Read more
Monday's publication of the policy wonk's bible known as the 2019 annual report of the Social Security and Medicare trustees was, as so often … Read more
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a presidential candidate, has released a bold plan for college affordability. The proposal has three basic compone… Read more
When the news of the college admissions scandal broke, I thought of one of my psychotherapy patients. She repeatedly brings up in our sessions… Read more
There are public policy problems from hell – and then there's the public policy problem known as multiemployer pension plans. Read more
Last November, Missouri was one of a handful of states in which voters decided to limit politicians' power over redistricting, the decennial p… Read more
Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb has died. She died March 18 in Sun City Center, Florida, of Alzheimer's disease. She was 88. Read more
The Mueller report is a chilling portrait of sweeping criminal misconduct and unacceptable wrongdoing at the highest levels of our government.… Read more
From the moment Donald Trump came into office, he made clear that he was only too eager to break the norms by which the government operates: n… Read more
Fear is not a governing principle, and impeachment is not a dirty word; it is a constitutional one. Democrats' fear of a backlash at the polls… Read more
Believe it or not, Congress does sometimes enact actual legislation. At times, it relates to matters of practical significance to everyday Ame… Read more
The United States is in the grip of a relentless, lethal epidemic. More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2017, twice as many as in… Read more
The Cathedral of Notre Dame was built to be a house of God, its soaring Gothic sanctuary meant to inspire both awe and fear. Read more
The report of special counsel Robert Mueller III is not what the American public had been led to expect. As Attorney General William Barr said… Read more
Last Sunday, I climbed into the tight quarters of a Global Sub Dive submersible – essentially a clear bubble on a power platform – with sub pi… Read more
How does one begin to dry the tears streaming down the ash-stained faces of Parisian Catholics? To be sure, Notre Dame cathedral is a treasure… Read more
Google knows where you've been - and with a warrant, the police can know, too. A New York Times investigation detailing how law enforcement se… Read more
They cost less to drive, accelerate quickly and pollute far less than their traditional counterparts. Electric vehicles are starting to make i… Read more
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Fairfax County school officials have apologized for artwork from a high school student that sparked a controversy. They should be sorry – but … Read more
Over the years, I have noticed a steady increase in anti-vaccine misinformation circulating on social media. I find it troubling, but I am som… Read more
"Dark patterns" may sound like the title of a horror film going straight to DVD, but it is also the latest buzzword in the congressional conve… Read more
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