Gina Rodriguez attended the Kennedy Center Honors Tuesday night, where she got the chance to pay tribute to one of Hollywood’s living legends, Rita Moreno. The “Jane the Virgin” star opened the night with a beautifully touching (and tearful) speech directed at Moreno. She talked about how her mother introduced her to Moreno’s work when she […]
Amidst all the stories out there about the best holiday drinking games comes news even worse than the recent one about how middle-aged white men are killing themselves in record numbers. Didn’t think worse news was possible? Well, try this one on: Almost 31,000 Americans died from drinking in 2014, a nearly 40 percent increase […]
Note Book by Jeff Nunokawa Sometimes you wake up and you just need a little pick-me-up, something to brighten your heart and clear your mind. Sure, you could invest in a daily calendar of napping kittens, and you probably should, but if you want something a bit more literary, even spiritual, this compendium of mini-essays […]
An Oceanographer Explains How Plane Debris Could Solve The Mystery Of MH370 The discovery of plane debris in the Indian Ocean in August raised hopes of finally solving the mystery of the Malaysia Airlines plane that vanished in March 2014. David Gallo, director of special projects at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, explained the science behind reconstructing what […]
One of the truly heartbreaking events in our lives is when we have to watch a beloved pet slowly dying, and/or have to make the painful decision to euthanize them. As a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist for the last 30 years, I’ve worked often with patients who are going through this experience. I, too, have been […]
Well we did it. Made it through another year. When it comes to women, we’ve had some good news, and some bad news, with a little weird news thrown in. But with wars, floods, police shootings, and terrorist attacks dominating the headlines, we’ve probably missed a few things. So let’s review some items that didn’t […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Texas abortion regulations do not improve medical safety and reduce access to the procedure, women’s healthcare providers told the U.S. Supreme Court as part of their appeal challenging a 2013 state law that imposed new requirements on abortion clinics. Their brief, filed late Monday in one of the top court’s […]
The 2015 holiday season mixed a sense of celebration with a looming shadow of fear, not to mention all the usual anxieties around family, travel, resolutions, etc. As we enter 2016, three simple acts can increase our ability to greet stressful times with an open heart — and, surprisingly, the open mind that a courageous […]
