Author: Lance Garrison
Psoriatic arthritis remission is possible. Find out the story of how one young man got to remission and gained hope for the future.
To the Editor:Re “Voters in 5 Battlegrounds Favor Trump Over Biden” (front page, Nov. 6):When will the Democratic Party stop sitting on its hands and do something about the dire reality of the coming presidential election?The most recent New York Times/Siena College poll has President Biden behind Donald Trump in five of six swing states while his approval ratings among youth and minorities — two essential demographics for the party — continue to plummet.There comes a time when we have to say, “Dad, you’ve been a wonderful father and we love you dearly, but we are taking away the car…
Over the past half-century, one of the books that most electrified conservatives was Allan Bloom’s “The Closing of the American Mind.” Bloom, a political philosopher, warned of the dangers posed by moral relativism and nihilism, of “accepting everything and denying reason’s power.”The book, published in 1987, sold more than a million copies and spent 10 weeks at the top of the New York Times best-seller list. It argued that the denial of truth and the suppression of reason was leading to a civilizational crisis — and the fault for this lay at the feet of the New Left.At the time,…
China recently rattled the world’s electric vehicle supply chains by announcing new export controls on graphite, a key component of lithium-ion batteries. If China uses the export controls, which take effect on Dec. 1, to reduce exports of graphite or to favor Chinese-owned companies operating abroad, it could slow down efforts to scale up advanced battery manufacturing globally.Welcome to the geopolitics of the clean energy transition. Unlike in the 20th century, when China was largely a bystander in petroleum politics, the country has achieved new geopolitical significance by scaling up investments in clean energy manufacturing and the critical minerals that…
Last May, my husband and I invited a Palestinian friend for Shabbat dinner, and when he asked what to bring, I requested a book about his homeland for our 7-year-old son. Because this friend is lavishly generous and wasn’t sure of our child’s reading level, he showed up with a gift bag of titles about Palestinian children and their experiences, ranging from picture books to a four-volume series of middle-grade novels.In the wake of the devastating atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 and the subsequent weeks of violence in Gaza, I have found myself reaching for those books.Children’s books,…
Toward the end of Matthew Perry’s autobiography, he wrote about an encounter in which his mother told him she was proud of him.“I’d wanted her to say that my whole life,” he wrote. “When I pointed this out she said, ‘What about a little forgiveness?’”This is the sound of shame perpetuating itself in a family: two people longing for acknowledgment and absolution and answering a direct request for love in that moment with a different request of their own.Shame is a dominant theme in Mr. Perry’s memoir and, it would seem, in his life. Mr. Perry, to his credit, was…
And that brings me to the second missing ingredient in the briefs supporting Rahimi: the Second Amendment itself. I don’t mean that the Second Amendment is missing from every brief; a brief from the Foundation for Moral Law and signed by, among others, Roy S. Moore, the former Alabama chief justice who founded the organization, calls the Fifth Circuit’s decision “a thorough and faithful application of the founders’ original understanding of the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.” He declared that “the founders who ratified the Constitution on behalf of their respective states would never have tolerated such a restriction.”But…
Gail Collins: Bret, I know you’re busy writing about your reporting trip to Israel, and I am looking forward to reading all your thoughts. But, gee, can we talk about the Times-Siena poll on the presidential race that came out on Sunday? Donald Trump is ahead in almost all the critical states.Yow. Pardon me while I pour myself a drink.Bret Stephens: Nice to be home. Please pour me one while you’re at it.For readers who don’t know the gory details of the poll, here they are: Across six battleground states, Trump leads President Biden 48 percent to 44 percent among…
By Sadie Balken, as told to Kara Meyer RobinsonThe emotional effects of psoriasis affect me almost every day, if not every day. But I also learn something new every day, like how to reduce flares, new products that are available to help cover my psoriasis, and new medications that can help treat it.How My Psoriasis Journey BeganI discovered I had psoriasis 5 years ago. At first, I was confused. It started with little spots that looked like chickenpox and were very itchy. I went to my general doctor and they used liquid nitrogen to try to freeze the spots.When that didn’t work,…
By Lenora Claire, as told to Kara Mayer RobinsonI was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was 13 and red spots appeared on my elbows and knees. It was mild until my early 20s, when it was upgraded to moderate to severe.Over the years, my dermatologist has worked with me to find the right treatment and medication. It’s been a process.My Search for the Right TreatmentFinding the right treatment is so important.I tried every topical treatment (the kind you apply to your skin) under the sun, from smelly tar ointments to newer topicals, with little success. Light therapy (phototherapy) provided zero…