Jan M. Flynn

Could psychedelics ease suffering for the dying — and those they leave behind? A few months ago, one of my best friends introduced me to...

Could psychedelics ease suffering for the dying — and those they leave behind? A few months ago, one of my best friends introduced me to...

My husband and I have embraced our new life as climate refugees, fleeing from our beloved but fire-scorched Northern California back to...

My husband and I have embraced our new life as climate refugees, fleeing from our beloved but fire-scorched Northern California back to...

There are email lists you’re probably happy to be on You purposely signed up for them, so you could get the helpful newsletter, or never...

There are email lists you’re probably happy to be on You purposely signed up for them, so you could get the helpful newsletter, or never...

Once upon a time I hit a man. He wasn’t someone I knew. He was unarmed, unintimidating, and sitting down, while I was standing up. There...

Once upon a time I hit a man. He wasn’t someone I knew. He was unarmed, unintimidating, and sitting down, while I was standing up. There...

So here are some haiku Unvaccinated Have filled the ICU beds Here, in our state, now Health care’s been rationed Called “crisis standards...

So here are some haiku Unvaccinated Have filled the ICU beds Here, in our state, now Health care’s been rationed Called “crisis standards...

Lessons from my inner five-year-old You may have noticed that the world is kind of a mess lately. Lately, as in the past five years, or...

Lessons from my inner five-year-old You may have noticed that the world is kind of a mess lately. Lately, as in the past five years, or...

I am about to register as a Republican. It’s not what you think Ms. Abrams, you are one of my heroes. If the world were a degree more...

I am about to register as a Republican. It’s not what you think Ms. Abrams, you are one of my heroes. If the world were a degree more...

Thinking of it that way is my key to sanity This week, I confess I have fallen into error It’s a mistake I have made, alas, many times...

Thinking of it that way is my key to sanity This week, I confess I have fallen into error It’s a mistake I have made, alas, many times...

Regarding wombats, unicycles, karma, and kitchen sinks There’s a reason you’re looking at a wombat I can explain. As you may know, I also...

Regarding wombats, unicycles, karma, and kitchen sinks There’s a reason you’re looking at a wombat I can explain. As you may know, I also...

It’s less about you than you might think My husband, an actor, landed the role he’d pined for It was a leading-man part he’d wanted to...

It’s less about you than you might think My husband, an actor, landed the role he’d pined for It was a leading-man part he’d wanted to...