Q. My parents are sending me to a therapist. My family doctor thinks it would help me with my social anxiety. I鈥檓 afraid to go. What if the therapist tells my parents what I say? I don鈥檛 want anyone to know what bothers me. Will my friends know? Will my teachers know? I really don鈥檛 want ...
By Richard Robbins A nation that lies to itself about itself is in its essentials untrustworthy; divorced from factual reality, it is a nation doomed to self-deceit and self-dealing, such as to render it inoperable. We are on the precipice of becoming such a nation. The significance of ...
When is the right age for sex? Q. When鈥檚 the right age to have sex? I鈥檓 going into high school in a few weeks, and I haven鈥檛 done it. Actually, I haven鈥檛 even kissed someone. I鈥檓 pretty sure I鈥檓 not ready for sex 鈥� the thought gives me equal amounts of excitement and anxiety. My ...
Like about 55% of men at the time, my dad was a smoker. You know, there were commercials that claimed, 鈥淢ore doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette,鈥� and 鈥�20,679 physicians say 鈥楲uckies are less irritating.鈥欌�� Dad smoked Kent cigarettes that used asbestos in their Micronite ...
By Richard Robbins Gilbert du Motier was 19 when he departed France for the United States in 1777, leaving behind a young daughter and a pregnant wife. He excitedly told his father-in-law, "You will be astounded. I am a general officer in the army of the United States. My zeal for their cause ...
I am only 18 months away from turning 80, and truthfully, the way things are going, if seven more of my classmates pass away, I could end up being the valedictorian of my high school class. One thing I鈥檝e consistently observed in life is the ongoing display of consistency that humankind ...
