The year was 1918. After two and a half years of uneasy neutrality, America had finally entered The Great War and had committed over 4 million men to the war effort. As one would expect—or at least hope—the United States… Read More ›
Health
Opportunistic Infections: What HIV’s Past Can Teach Us About Dealing With Ebola’s Present
It was 65°F outside and Yusia was freezing. The cold and the damp of the Sudanese rainy season clung to his bones as he biked to work, the pumping of his legs over the sodden ground making thuck thuck sounds… Read More ›
The Drug Dealer in the Cupboard: How The Prescription Drug Epidemic Revived Heroin in America
It pains me to say this, but after more than 5 years of continuous sobriety—5 years in which I lived in rehabs and halfway houses, worked in the drug and alcohol treatment industry, and spent thousands of hours attending 12-step… Read More ›
