A shotgun, an accident, and a life that turned out so differently from mine — It’s never truly silent in Ocala, Florida. Here, daytime commotion fades, and the light drains, but then a racket begins. The pulsing thrum of crickets. It just appears, quieter at first, then building into rapid-fire night song. Click, click, click. The night passes, preoccupations move in, but soon that familiar…

Meet the U.S. presidential candidate promising $1,000 a month for every U.S. citizen — Andrew Yang is convinced that economic uncertainty, our use of social media, and the beginning of the era of automation all contributed to the election of Donald Trump in 2016. In his 2017 book, The War on Normal People, Yang claims that the key swing states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania…