Dads are spending 3-4x as much time with their kids as their dads did with them. When father figures are engaged, kids show better cognitive development, boys have fewer behavioral problems, and girls have fewer emotional problems. Every child deserves strong parental bonds.

The Los Angeles Press Club says law enforcement officers have violated press freedoms of reporters more than three dozen times. My NPR story: npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-…

VA medical staff can now refuse to treat Democrats and unmarried veterans. trib.al/GRH1CSm

📱 Just seeing your phone—even face down—can lower test scores. Why? It drains mental energy. The farther the phone, the higher the GPA. This isn’t about willpower—it’s about situation modification. Change your environment. Change the outcome. That’s why I launched Phones in

So much love for the producers of this segment <3 youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1R…

The withholding, bullying, abusive vibes of it all continue. What the actual hell, man? No one needs this heartbreak. Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/…

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Executives are preparing to slash their workforces. Workers are just trying to cope. vox.com/today-explaine…

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I recognize the irony of posting this here, but these stats are GRIM •65% of 8-to-12-year-olds now have an iPhone or other smartphone •92% of 8-to-12-year-olds are on social media Source: this important article by my former colleague Greg Toppo the74million.org/article/why-ar…

"Much of the internet wants us to dwell in shallow, curated versions of our own minds...We become trapped in a hall of increasingly vacuous mirrors, fed content that flatters, not confronts, until thinking itself feels like friction." carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-humility…

"If bans on phones and computers in classes were widely instituted, students might learn more from their classes, be more willing to speak their minds in class, be more at ease in their social interactions and feel more fulfilled." nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opi…

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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

NPR to trim $5 million as some public radio stations struggle to pay bills My story for NPR npr.org/2025/09/17/nx-…