Roberto Rivera

The parents of special-needs children have needs too

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to all kinds of “I’m trapped at home with my kids and I’m going out of my mind!” memes, and more than a few articles that would fall into the “first world problems” category.

The parents of special-needs children have needs too

Religious freedom and the coronavirus

That regulations are being issued at four levels of government is just one of the potential problems. The orders not confusing and inconsistent are, at times, being applied and enforced inconsistently.

Religious freedom and the coronavirus

Gender transition surgeries in a global crisis

The simple, historically obvious reality is that much of the LGBTQ movement is a luxury that only a wealthy, technologically advanced, and politically stable society can afford.

Gender transition surgeries in a global crisis

Deciding who gets treated and who doesn’t

Triage can be defined as “the process of sorting people based on their need for immediate medical treatment as compared to their chance of benefiting from such care.”

Deciding who gets treated and who doesn’t

C.S. Lewis and the coronavirus

C.S. Lewis never faced the coronavirus, of course, but in the late 1940s, the world was coming to grips with another threat: nuclear annihilation.

C.S. Lewis and the coronavirus

What to do about our kids and 'eco-anxiety'

Doctors and other researchers have discovered a whole new class of psychiatric disorders among young people these days. They’ve labeled it “eco-anxiety,” otherwise known as “climate depression.”

What to do about our kids and 'eco-anxiety'