The single life isn’t as great as you remember — The closer I get to 40, the more frequently I encounter married, middle-aged men who claim they envy me because I’m still single — and it’s starting to get just a little bit irritating. Before I go any further, I need to point out that some of the men who…

Is it really so bad to grow old? — What is the value of a consoling arm around your shoulders as you let out a good cry? Or the attentive gaze of a friendly coworker listening to you vent about your overbearing boss? Or the well-timed joke meant to momentarily distract you from the mountain of bills sitting on…

I used to think ‘an eye for an eye’ was fair and just, but I’ve seen enough to know it’s not — Every writer writes for different reasons. Some people write to inform. Others to vent. For many, writing is a hobby. For a select few, it’s a profession. …

WARNING: This piece contains LOTS OF BIG SPOILERS from the new Joker movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, stop right here and do not go any further— unless of course you’re not planning to ever see the movie, in which case, please continue on! I’ve been battling a severe…

Whenever America suffers through a mass shooting like the one that happened in Uvalde, Texas yesterday, Republican politicians clamor on and on about the need to properly address mental illness. But they never do it. They never take the initiative. They never offer any solutions. To them, mental illness isn’t…

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I sincerely believe that only a moderate Democrat could have defeated Donald Trump in 2020, and that Joe Biden was the right person for the job. As an unpolished, straight-talking man of the working class, he projected the image Democrats needed him to project to help them build a winning…

“We’ll see what happens.” That’s my go-to response whenever someone hits me with a question to which I haven’t found the answer yet. When you tell someone you’re waiting to “see what happens,” you’re not exactly brushing them off, but you’re also not committing yourself to anything. …

Having grown up in a Catholic culture that emphasized the value and dignity of the unborn, I’m not at all unsympathetic to the pro-life position. …