Overprotected
My recent article in Salvo Issue 49 (by subscription) looks at the book The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. The book is based on an article by Lukianoff and...
Podcast Interview about Teen Girls and Technology
My article in Salvo magazine, “Do You Like Me?” garnered the attention of Walt Mueller of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding. He asked if I’d be a guest on his Podcast Youth Culture Today to talk about some of the issues that teen girls are facing today. You...
Our Uneasy Tranquility
Almost a year ago, I came across several articles about the rising use and misuse of benzodiazepines, particularly among teenagers. Benzodiazepines, sometimes called “benzos” for short, are a class of anti-anxiety medications, Xanax being the most popular one to...
Embryo Selection and IQ
I took over the Biohazards column in Salvo Magazine from Paige Cunningham at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. The Biohazards column addresses bioethics issues in our culture. For my inaugural piece, I wrote about selecting embryos for intelligence: “Gene...
Teen Vaping
My Casualty Report for Salvo Issue 48 is on the increase of vaping among teens. I wrote this report just as the FDA was investigating whether Juul, the largest provider of vaping liquids, knowingly targeted teens. Teen vaping had increased so much in the last two...
Embryoids: Unique Entities or Human Embryos
Embryoids are made from pluripotent stem cells and have many of the features of embryos, but are not technically embryos. So, what are they and is research with embryoids ethical?
Do You Like Me?
Studies continue to show that teen girls have higher incidence of depression and anxiety when they spend more time on social media.
Boys Beating Girls (as in boys out-number girls)
My Casualty Report in Salvo Issue #46 is on modern-day eugenics. In several countries, the ratio of boys born compared to girls is well above the naturally occurring ratio…
Young & Restless
My Casualty Report in Salvo Magazine (Issue #45) gives recent statistics on issues affecting our culture. My latest Casualty Report is politically incorrect even though the statistics are from well-known journals and media sources.
Can We Trust Killer Robots and Drones to Act Ethically?
New technologies create geographic distance between the combatants and the war zone, but some people are concerned that it also create emotional distance.
Embryoids: Explanations and Ethical Issues
Embryoids are an ethical conundrum. Are they embryos or are they not? If they are not, do they still qualify as organisms?
Casualty Report: Going It Alone
I have long been interested in how the pharmaceutical industry medicalizes mental health disorders and then are happy to sell pills that often do more harm than good