In His Birthday Suit
When a past American “President” becomes a peeping Tom, there’s cause for worry. It becomes even worse when the “President” does the peeping in his birthday suit. This was the case in Vestavia Hills on...
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Here's proof positive that love can stop a bullet and not only save lives, but make a life, as well. New Year's Eve, Pastor Larry Wright was delivering a sermon on all the senseless killings in...
Health Officials in Puerto Rico have reported their first case of Zika, a dangerous mosquito-borne virus that spreads to humans. Citizens of Puerto Rico have since been in a panic. Zika is linked to microcephaly, a...
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New Year's Eve turned fatal for three California families after a dispute over laundry sent one man over the top, shooting and killing three before his own son wrestled the gun away and shot his...
I watched R. Kelly storm off the set of Huffington Post Live! last week after he agreed to be interviewed. His arrogance and dismissal of questions about his affinity for young girls struck a hard...
math teacher brutally murdered danvers mass
On Oct. 22, 2013, Philip Chism, then 14-years-old, followed 24-year-old high school math teacher Colleen Ritzer into a bathroom at Danvers High School in Danvers, Mass. He proceeded to rape her, then stab her repeatedly...
I was planning on taking today off, but for the last few days, something I wrote last week has been nagging at me. It reminded me of a disturbing trend that I've seen in recent...
florida mental hospital psychiatric care budget cuts
In spite of our stigmas, state-operated mental hospitals are supposed to be places where men and women who are a danger to themselves or to others can receive quality psychiatric care and treatment in managing...
It’s a common practice for politicians to promise voters what they will do if they are elected. In Toledo, Ohio, however, mayoral candidate Opal Covey is not shy about telling voters what will happen if...
umpqua community college mentally ill mass shooting
So, once again, here we are. Following yet another mass shooting, this time at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., we're having our all too frequent "conversation" about gun violence, gun rights, and all things...
Ted Cruz is known for making mildly insane noises as he makes his run for the U.S. presidency. On Thursday afternoon, Ted Cruz angrily said, “Republicans need to act like Republicans. Leadership needs to lead. Together, we...
Veterans can't get help from the VA, because the resources aren't there. It has been estimated 22 veterans commit suicide each day. Suicidal ideation, or suicidal thoughts, are much more common than most people realize. In...
Text messages between 18-year-old Michelle Carter and her online boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, have been released. They detail how Carter took advantage of Roy's fragile mental state, ultimately pushing him to commit suicide via...
Gun control in our times? Vestor Flanagan gunned down two former colleagues, an energetic, popular young newswoman and a young, enthusiastic, well-liked camera man. The murders happened during the filming of an early morning interview. Alison Parker...
Who doesn't like pleasant surprises? White Supremacist Craig Cobb, age 62, has a dream. He dreams of turning a small town in North Dakota named Leith into a "white enclave." But for the 16 residents...
psychotropic drugs
A team of scientists from both the University College of London and Oxford University recently published an eye-opening experiment in?Current Biology.? The team found that psychotropic drugs, such as the SSRI citalopram and the dopamine-enhancer levodopa,...
Keaton Farris was only 25 when he died in April. Farris, a Native American who had been arrested on a charge of identity theft after he cashed a stolen check for $350 in March, died as...
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Personality Disorders
There are many facets to the personality of a right-wing extremist, and there have been many studies conducted on the issue. The study of these personality disorders has a starting point . Adorno explored the...
Earlier this week, Andrew wrote a great piece with photos of the nightmarish devices used to restrain and torment the mentally ill in ages past. When I shared his article, one of my friends directed...