

NY Times: "Consciousness Isn't A Mystery. It's Matter."
(Originally Published in the NY Times on 5/16/16) Excerpt: "Stephen Hawking makes [the case] dramatically in his book “A Brief History of...


NY Times: "Is Humanity Getting Better?"
(Originally Published in the NY Times on 2/15/16) Excerpt: "Today, pestilence threatens us not because of our ignorance but because of...


Washington Post: "Five Myths About Placebos"
(Originally Published in the Washington Post on 2/19/16) Excerpt: "I once interviewed a woman who’d fractured her spine. For months, she...


A PSYCHOLOGIST'S ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN POLITICS
Imagine a presidential election between two candidates: CANDIDATE A: An individual whose positions on the issues (taxes, gun control,...


New York Times Letter on Science Fraud
Originally Published in the New York Times: May 29, 2015 To the Editor: Re “Maligned Study on Gay Unions Is Shaking Trust” (front page,...


THE SEASONS OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS
Originally Published in Creations Magazine - February, 2015 Most people considered the winter of 2014 – with a seemingly endless supply...


I AM NOT AN OBJECT... AND NEITHER ARE YOU
Originally Published in Creations Magazine - December, 2014 In our culture, when we hear the word “objectify” it is often within the...





