Outrage Travels Fast, Context Takes Time: Why the Internet’s Scariest Claims Are Half-True
There are certain words on the internet that can make a man sit upright before he has even finished his coffee: Congress, corporations, eminent domain, profit. Put all four in the same sentence and you hardly need punctuation. The blood pressure will…
What Cancer and Aging Taught Me About the Man in the Mirror
For the past few years, I have not particularly enjoyed the mirror. Every morning there it was waiting for me while I shaved, offering an unrequested inventory. Wrinkles. Worry lines, aptly named. Gray in the beard. Less hair, although I have taken…