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Exactly what defines a mental disorder is determined by what the psychiatric profession dictates. And what it decides—whether you and your family are mentally firm or otherwise—may well impact your life now or in the future. The list of disorders changes from time to time, and that time is here [...]

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When I heard about how the Democrats are treating Eric Massa for sticking to his guns rather than falling in line with Democratic Party orders, I thought about Eric’s old boss, General Wesley Clark, and and what General Barry McCaffery once wrote about him. “Wes was always looked on as too well-educated, [...]

OK Go outdid themselves with this amazing creative video.
Kind of reminds me of how our country does its business though—meandering about trying this and that to get somehwre–anywhere–and ending up getting shot down anyway.

The word is out again. Our President can’t quit smoking.
I struggle with what this means. As an ex-smoker myself, I know how hard it is to give up cigarettes, especially when one is stressed out (as I am sure he is). Quitting was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, my personal Magnus [...]

ACORN is in the process of restructuring in the wake of multiple scandals, including voter fraud and misuse of tax dollars.
So, watch out for lots of little acorns wearing funny glasses and fake moustaches.

Whether it’s governmental agencies or corporate America, they just can’t seem to find enough ways to screw the little guy. It’s bad enough that the big boys in back rooms ponder ways to separate us from our money. But when the plot is treacherous to life and limb it becomes criminal in my book.
This one [...]

It seems like Obama’s administration is in constant circular motion, spinning in one direction then another. Up, down, around the world. I’m getting dizzy.

The political goings on in Chicago baffle most of us, and the Democrats’ choice to run for Obama’s old Senate seat is no exception. Twists and dark intrigue make Scott Brown’s 1982 nude centerfold in Cosmo look like a G-rated Hallmark card.

Happy Valentine’s Day! OK, the illustration is a little different from what you see on the Hallmark card rack, but it seems right somehow because I want to share a fascinating story about hearts.

If you are one of 800,000 individual policy holders in California, be prepared for Anthem Blue Cross to increase your premium within days by up to a whopping 39 percent .
So why is Anthem Blue Cross flipping off its customers?

Is she? I’ll tell you what I think if you tell me.

Whether it’s AIG’s perverse multiple rewarding of the executives who almost brought our economy down or the likes of Bernie Madoff and Ken Lay, we see our country as rife with greed at the expense of weary American taxpayers. The 2009 Global Corruption Report by watchdog group Transparency International has some stunning revelations about [...]

Social science research has demonstrated it over and over again, but we let ourselves be bamboozled every time.

It depends on who you ask, but Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday that health reform legislation is “still on the one yard line.” Other prominent Democrats, such as Evan Bayh and Howard Dean, suggest that we dump that House turkey and start all over again.
Who’s right?

As a lifelong Democrat (currently in recovery towards thinking entirely for myself), I can empathize with how great it must feel to be in charge again. Gloat, revel, wallow, rejoice–for a little while. But Democrats appear to have forgotten a couple of things. And for that there are no excuses.