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The Long View 2005-02-10: Better Nukes; Clinical Evil; God's Country; The Dominoes Fall

I remain a cautious advocate of nuclear power. I don't have subject matter knowledge about specific reactor designs, but I think we could do it right, if we wanted to. It would sure fix carbon emissions. We just don't want to. I will note that the

The Long View: Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder

John claims in this book review that suicide is not common in Ethiopia, where Sinedu Tadesse was born. At least according to the World Health Organization, the suicide rate in Ethiopia is about as high as in the US. On the other hand, it has also been twenty years, and

The Long View 2003-07-08: Neo-Hypochondria

John makes an interesting claim here: that psychoanalysis served the same function for mental illness as health resorts serve for hypochondriacs. That makes it seem less stupid than it otherwise might. Neo-Hypochondria Yesterday I suffered the torments of the damned, if the damned have Canon printers. It was one of

The Last Psychiatrist

I've recently started reading The Last Psychiatrist, for a humorous and blunt look at modern life. I think this one is worth an add to the blogroll, so I shall. Some choice examples: Just how many drinks a day are safe? [yes, I know this is not psychiatry]