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Repairing the mind

By Lorien Menhennett | October 4th, 2017

Mental illness was once handed over to asylum "care," and while a 21st-century psychiatry unit is no picnic, it offers relief.

Playtime is vital to a child, since those deprived of it are likely to rush into adulthood thinking of relaxation as a bad thing.

How many times have you heard someone tell you they're writing a novel? Truth is, most of the time they're not, or can't.

The 41-year-old author had a vision, but put it in her back drawer, until it came to life.

Whether it's assassinating insects in a yard or chronicling a typhoon, potency begs an audience.

When you're a medical school student, putting the dating pieces together isn't easily — if it ever is.

In ancient Greece, cataclysm was larger-than-life, and work of the gods. Now it has accomplices.

The relationship between sports and kids gets dicey when the competition calls for relentless practice and ignoring pain.

If you're a freelancer and work enters your life at its own pace, your local library (no, not Amazon) can enrich the passing days.

The vast North Korean military has been preparing for 70 years for a ground war unlikely ever to occur.

Caveat emptor: A self-interested businessman-president doesn't come equipped with a moral gyroscope.

The author's father is getting married at 78, and the impending change elicits a flood of thoughts and memories.