As a former psychologist who fastidiously dotted my i’s and crossed my t’s during my NIH-sponsored Ph.D. and postdoctoral research, and as a parent disturbed by our culture’s tendency to overmedicate, this story in the New York Times totally got my knickers in a twist.

According to the Times, an inquiry led by Iowa Republican Charles Grassley . . . → Read More: Giving Science A Bad Name

Laura Bush is shopping a book proposal and I must admit that I’m intrigued. As a former White House intern who worked in Hillary Clinton’s office (albeit for a brief stint before moving to the Office of Political Affairs), the role and impact of the First Lady has long been a source of intrigue for me.

And . . . → Read More: Bush’s Book

Had it not been for my Twitter feed, the fuss over Twilight very well would have bypassed my filter (clearly, I’m the parent of a preschooler not a tween/teen). I did take a moment to get up to speed via Friday’s Boston Globe review, and laughed out loud over this capsule box, whose rating description includes . . . → Read More: Tell It Like It Is

Pursuant to my Dunkin’ Monuts post, here’s that hilarious photo (by Ryan Pyle for the Globe) I mentioned (it took me a whole weekend to remember to take advantage of my awesome . . . → Read More: Cute Little Mochi Rings

I’ve been a Mark Bittman fan since acquiring his How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food, but my respect level kicked up a couple notches when I read this interview in the New York Times (photo credit: Kelly Doe/NYT). Though he’s a professional foodie, Bittman makes it work in a Manhattan flat with a . . . → Read More: Doing With Less

Yesterday’s Boston Globe included a front-page feature on Dunkin’ Donuts’ second attempt to expand into China. According to the article, Dunkin’ has been hard at work, scouring real estate, slaving in the test kitchen, etc., and I can’t help but giggle at the results: mochi rings. Or, what I’ve been calling Dunkin’ Monuts (this makes Jon . . . → Read More: Dunkin’ Monuts

This New York Times article about recent hate crimes in Long Island disturbed me on many levels. Yes, I experienced the common emotions of sympathy for the victim’s family and anger towards the aggressors. But as a parent who believes in the family systems approach (i.e., kids aren’t simply born with a set of traits; parents . . . → Read More: Stop the Hate