Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1034

Humans have modified their behavior to promote texting and walking

Texting while walking has officially influenced our biomechanics

How to build a nuclear bomb: We’ve demonized books, but are we any safer?

Can we stop explosives guides from landing in violent hands? And if so, at what cost to free expression?

Dear White America: Your toxic masculinity is killing you

Toxic white masculinity, and the right-wing politics which nurture and protect it, are hurting millions every year

Dozens of racing horses die every week because of drug abuse

Performance-enhancing drugs impact more than just humans

We must talk about Islam: A faith that affects everyone should be susceptible to critique by all

A new documentary gets the Charlie Hebdo aftermath wrong: Freedom of expression is at stake for us all

This is how the clowns took over: The sad history leading to the spectacle of a Fox News debate starring front-runner Donald Trump

The road to Fox and Trump was paved by decades of right-wing loathing of the media, facts and reality

We have the left and right all wrong: The real story of the politics of nostalgia and tradition

The right is less committed to tradition than hierarchy. Liberals actually look backward, in hopes of better future

I thought travel was a thing of my past

I tried to convince myself I could live vicariously through others. But with a second marriage came a second chance

Are ultrasounds the newest weapon in the war on women?

Abortion opponents believe in-utero images have profound effect on pregnant women but fail to see bigger picture

“A lifetime of fighting fires, drinking beer and eating red meat”: The author of “Wildfire” on what it takes for a woman to make it on a hotshot crew

Mary Pauline Lowry on working the fireline, writing about nature, and what she learned from her mentor Joy Williams