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The medicalization of our lives For several decades now, the idea of transitioning genders has been a minor, but accessible, one in the United States and other Western countries. To participate required surgical and hormonal treatments and the practice of…

With “alternative reality” on both sides Once, not so long ago, I was a very experienced psychologist, a researcher and a writer on an international scale. I specialized in issues of gender, which was a field that I helped found…

Or is it? I am writing these words on the first day of a new year, indeed a new decade well into the 21st century CE in the West. I struggle to deliver the hopeful and optimistic message that is expected…

The next wave of problems This past November, millions of Americans heaved a collective sigh of relief. They were joined by many, many citizens and governments of other countries, who depend on an alliance with or support from the United…

Who tells the truth and who lies? I am writing this article a few days prior to the American presidential election. By the time you read these words, that very same election will one way or the other be history.…

Tune in for further instructions We are watching now what may very well be the last American election. Before 2016, such words would have been unthinkable and unspeakable. The rapidity with which they have become not only possible, but actual,…

It is hard to know where things began when we are already in the middle of it all It is hard to know where things began when we are already in the middle of it all. This is especially so…

Declaration of the principles of a failed State When you can not remove a president who is flagrantly and openly racist, sexist, cruel, and dangerous, then you have a failed government. When you can not remove a president who is…

Can we survive one more? When the extreme contagion is over, when we have a vaccine or an effective treatment, when we can safely emerge from our individual cocoons, there will be another pandemic waiting for us. As with the…