We have changed our views of smoking - and definition of addiction - within recent memory.  Yet we are just as sure that what we believe today (nicotine is addictive) was engraved by God on stone tablets, is proven by PET Scans, and to burn at the stake people who disagee, as we used to laugh at people who said smoking WAS addictive. Read More

Teen sexuality is the last fronter - not in its occurrence (it's all over the place) but in its recognition and acceptance by parents. Read More

As deaths in Haiti approach a quarter of a million and misery, violence, sickness, homelessness, and pestilence rule the streets of Port-au-Prince, only CNN doesn't avert its eyes. Americans would rather watch aid concerts, a few happy orphans being brought to the United Sates, and the occasional individuals rescued from the rubble that covers much of the city.  But kudos to CNN - we need to confront the reality of the situation "on the ground." Read More

After decades of providing $billions in assistance to Haiti, and faced with a fresh catastrophe, the United States has rushed in to help. But the results promise to be no better than past efforts - which have been disastrous for our small neighbor. Read More