Eichenberger: A Bubble-Wrapped Childhood
by Dan Eichenberger, MD, MBA In the past 15 years, rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts among adolescents — especially those born after 1995 — have surged. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls this the “Great Rewiring” of childhood: the decline of play-based childhoods and the rise of phone-based ones. The uncomfortable truth is that well-meaning Read the full article…
Franke: Book Review
The Great Crash of 1929 by Mark Franke One of the most fascinating books I read in high school was “The Great Crash: 1929” by John Kenneth Galbraith. I believed what most everyone else did, that the Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash. Galbraith disabused me of such a simplistic explanation. Journalist Read the full article…
The Outstater
Politics, Voting Are Overrated “Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention.” — James Madison, Federalist No. 10 IN THE MORNING MAIL is the two-thousandth postcard asking for my vote. The thought occurs that in a lifetime of going to the polls I have voted against my own interests a good deal of the time. I didn’t know enough — couldn’t know enough — to choose wisely. Read the full article…
Watts: ‘Birthright Capitalism’ Beats Socialism
by Tyler Watts, Ph.D. We free-market economists tend to pooh-pooh complaints about income and wealth inequality. When “democratic socialist” or even populist right-wing demagogues complain about stagnant or declining middle-class incomes, we point out all sorts of empirical flaws in the data they use: “They don’t include government transfer payments in income measures.” True. “They Read the full article…
The Outstater
Incoming! Media Bias! OK, WE GET IT. The corporate media does not like the application of military power by a Republican president. But like it or not, the destruction of bridges, power supplies and manufacturing plants is what armed forces do when an enemy refuses to surrender. It has been so since the application of gun powder. Before Read the full article…
Schansberg: Capital Gains and Inflation
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. Ahh, it’s that time of the year again: the weather is (usually) warming; the flowers are blooming; and income tax forms are due. Everyone knows about the IRS and their W-2’s — whether they fill out their taxes by hand, use software, or pay a professional. State and local taxes hit Read the full article…
