What happened to reason, logic and the rule of law? We fear that they are all out the window as politics have devolved along with the rise of social media. Because of the algorithm, everyone is allowed to exist in their own echo chamber, and the ability to have reasonable, rational conversation has ...

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In my last column, I shared the story of a patient who obsessed about having hit a pedestrian near my office, despite no evidence that she’d done so. The recommended treatment for these ruminative thoughts and accompanying checking behaviors is to stop seeking reassurance and learn to soothe oneself...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramAs a kid, almost every day after school and early Saturday mornings were filled with some sort of recreational sport, and I was constantly running around my neighborhood until the street lights came on. Exercise was never something tha...

It’s our policy that we don’t endorse candidates running for office, and barring something truly egregious, we won’t decry them either. We give you “just the facts”, whatever they may be. We want our readers to make their own choices at the polls. But now that the election is over, it’s time to addr...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramThere is no better feeling than the smell of a fresh book, and the anticipation of flipping through pages, never knowing what will follow. That simple joy is the pure serotonin that reading offers people of all ages around the world. U...

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” - Confucius A farmhouse, rolling hills, 100 hillside acres, ten writers, a communal table for farm fresh meals, warm hosts, an erudite instructor, and assorted donkeys and goats: Zigbone Farm in Western Maryland is my happy place. My phone and laptop tak...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramIn 1997, my parents settled in New Jersey and never looked back. Having immigrated from Ukraine, this state became their introduction to America, and later, the only home I’d come to know — my birthplace and the official “land of my pe...

TRENTON -- Senate President Nick Scutari called for the appointment of an Independent Monitor to oversee the Office of Public Integrity andAccountability in the Department of Law and Public Safety.The OPIA, established in 2018 with the responsibility of investigating violations of public trust, has ...

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