On ‘Constitution and Citizenship Day,’ Dred Scott Decision Still Relevant On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia—a…
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Since this "Illusory Truth Effect" was first noted in the late 1970s, it has been widely assumed that this ploy is effective only on people…
Perdue, the fourth-largest chicken company in the United States, is a giant among giants in the agribusiness world. Recently, it purchased Natural Food Holdings, which…
A worldwide revolution is about to begin. It is too early to tell whether it will be sudden and painfully crushing or gradual and peaceful,…
Recently I worked in another Maine city and was astonished at the number of patients I encountered who were using heroin. I had never seen anything…
An Ominous Prospect With an insignia of a shield crossed by broadswords on a granite background, the World National-Conservative Movement announced its birth with the…
Steven Erlanger in the New York Times, asks: Are Western Values Losing Their Sway? Here’s my two cents: The problem with our “Western values” is…
On Monday, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to a self-professed conservative Christian group. We live in a time of perpetual war, and Sanders—who sometimes…
A master class in psychotherapy to help very disturbed and even violent people. Bertram Karon, PhD may be the most experienced clinician and researcher in…
The Ferguson Commission Report: An Exercise in Futility? CNN Takes Its Turn As Carnival Barker At Two-Ring Circus The Ferguson Commission—a 16-member blue-ribbon panel appointed…
In episode 70 David talks to former soldier John Dowe whether the drug Mefloquine (see Episode 67’s interview with Dr. Remington Nevin) could have played…
In the current historical moment in the United States, the emptying out of language is nourished by the assault on the civic imagination. One example…