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Caregiver Children of Failing Parents
There is a growing population in America that almost no one talks about.
Dec 19, 2025
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Jay
The New One Percent Isn’t Wealth. It’s Visibility
The most powerful divide in America is no longer money. It is visibility.
Dec 18, 2025
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Jay
When a Headline Becomes a Permanent Label
How search snippets freeze people in their worst moment long after life has moved on.
Dec 13, 2025
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Jay
My Opinion Writing So Far
by Jay Werther
Dec 6, 2025
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Jay
November 2025
Men My Age Are Disappearing in Plain Sight
We talk about teen mental health. We never talk about the men quietly falling apart in the middle of their lives.
Nov 20, 2025
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Jay
Digital Reputation Should Have an Expiration Date
We accept the idea that people can change.
Nov 14, 2025
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Jay
The Real Point of My Times Union Op Ed
People read an op ed and assume the headline tells the whole story. Mine in the Times Union was not really about Google. It was about what it feels like…
Nov 14, 2025
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Jay
Notes on cleaning up the search results
I have been testing how fast search results change when you publish more of your own stuff.
Nov 4, 2025
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Jay
Google Never Forgives
When forgiveness doesn’t trend, you disappear.
Nov 4, 2025
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Jay
Do We Have a Right to Be Forgotten Online? My Times Union Op-Ed
The internet never forgets — but maybe it should learn how to forgive.
Nov 3, 2025
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Jay
October 2025
About Jay Werther
Former lawyer, lifelong survivor. Writing about the systems that break us. And the few that don’t
Oct 25, 2025
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Jay
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