Anthony Weiner's woes -- does New York City really need an addict for mayor?
Anthony Weiner is no different than a heroin addict running for mayor who collapses with a needle in his arm during a debate.
View ArticleWhat Weiner’s sexting scandal tells us about young women today
Anthony Weiner obviously has problems that make him unfit to govern, but his addictive sexting behavior tells us at least as much about changes in gender roles—particularly the new eagerness of women...
View Article'I am not a monster' -- inside the mind of Ariel Castro
Ariel Castro was wrong when he claimed Thursday, bizarrely, that there was “harmony” in the house where he kept three women hostage, repeatedly beating and raping them. But he was correct about one thing.
View ArticleAlex Rodriguez is just like America
The question many people seem to have for Alex Rodriguez, now banned from baseball for 211 games for using performance-enhancing drugs, is this: You’re obviously a great baseball player. Why risk...
View ArticleTreating ADHD dramatically curbs crime, study finds
A large-scale study in Sweden has shown that treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with stimulants like Adderall or Ritalin reduced criminality by 32 percent in men and 41 percent in...
View ArticleInside the mind of convicted crime boss Whitey Bulger
While not every bullied or abused or powerless child grows up to be Whitey Bulger, one did.
View ArticleArmy can’t ignore mental illness when considering Bradley Manning’s crimes
Prior to leaking secret government information to WikiLeaks Private Bradley Manning was reportedly showing all the signs of severe mental distress, and the Army seemingly did nothing about it.
View ArticleStudies show Facebook may be true, significant public health threat
Two recent studies about Facebook confirm what I have been saying for years: The social media site is psychologically toxic and contributes to actual psychological suffering in users.
View Article'Boredom' was not the reason behind Chris Lane's murder
The mischaracterization of the alleged violence by Chancey Luna, Michael Jones and James Edwards began when one of the trio claimed they had hunted down and shot dead Australian Chris Lane because they...
View ArticleOur Surgeon General needs to slap a warning label on Facebook
Facebook has been linked to feelings of intense envy, dissatisfaction with life, insomnia, major depression, disrupted friendships and feelings of isolation—especially in young people.
View ArticleAsma and Bashar al-Assad -- a match made in hell
People around the world wonder how Asma al-Assad could post Instagram photographs of her charity work while presumably hearing that her husband’s regime has used chemical gas to asphyxiate children.
View ArticleAriel Castro was not a 'coward' for committing suicide
Ariel Castro’s diagnosis may have been psychopathy, but the real key to understanding him is that he lacked empathy.
View ArticleMiley Cyrus is young America
Miley Cyrus is just the leading edge of young people desperately searching for icons to keep them from drowning in the fakery of Facebook, iPhones, Twitter, addiction to plastic surgery, the overuse...
View ArticleHow many millions of Americans wish they never married?
Jordan Linn Graham, 22, who stands accused of killing her new husband Cody Johnson, 25, by pushing him off a cliff 8 days after their marriage, had reportedly told friends she was having serious second...
View ArticleAaron Alexis -- another improperly treated, mentally ill man becomes a mass...
Another mass shooting has been perpetrated by another mentally ill man who, every shred of my 20 years of experience as a forensic psychiatrist, tells me was undertreated or improperly treated.
View ArticleWhen will America come together to end the epidemic of mental illness?
Miriam Carey is one of a string of mentally ill people who have been killed or killed others in the recent past.
View ArticleIs Obama locked in a victim mentality?
President Obama has described members of Congress who insist on fiscal responsibility as having taken “hostages,” “demanding a ransom,” using “extortion,” and threatening to “blow up” the government....
View ArticleThe word ‘bullying’ should be replaced with ‘assault’
The suicide of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick, after a long period of cyber-bullying by two other girls, is another somber moment that illustrates the emotional toll of all forms of bullying. I feel the...
View ArticlePresident Obama wants you and your kids to be his co-victims
How do Americans defend themselves against a leader who wishes to sideline them by making them feel injured, oppressed and deserving of restitution?
View ArticleHow to immunize our kids against Obama’s victim mentality
It is time to immunize our sons and daughters against President Obama’s psychologically toxic rhetoric, which has the capacity to destroy the self-esteem of a generation of young people.
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