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Open Book, January/February 2016

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January 11, 2016

Who’s the Grown-Up Here?

Helping parents abandon the “buddy” system

Family physician and psychologist Leonard Sax insists that too many parents these days misunderstand the role they should play in their children’s lives. Read More

Bookmarks Nov-Dec 2015

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November 18, 2015

Who Do You Trust?

Revisiting the McMartin Preschool Case

Sometimes it can be easier to argue about witch-hunts than risk confronting the dark, unsavory reality of child abuse. Read More

Robert Putnam

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October 15, 2015

America’s Opportunity Chasm

A Noted Scholar Documents Our Decline in Social Mobility

Robert Putnam documents the myriad psychological, health, and political consequences of the ever-growing disparities between rich and poor in America today. Read More

Bookmarks Sept-Oct 2015

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September 1, 2015

Life after Trauma

What are the possibilities for post-traumatic growth?

The new emphasis on the transformative power of trauma can be a template for false assumptions about the “gift” of suffering and the meaning of recovery. Read More

Bookmarks May-June 2015

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May 1, 2015

Getting Over Weight?

A Critic of our Cultural Obsession Goes Too Far

A critic of one of our central cultural obsessions goes too far Read More

The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

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March 1, 2015

Lost in the Maze

Finding the exit from OCD

Review: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in ThoughtFinding an exit from the bewildering maze of a disorder that confounds many clinicians. Read More

Open Book, January/February 2015

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January 1, 2015

Who Failed Robert Peace?

Even a Yale Degree Couldn’t Save Him

Why did a seeming rags-to-riches story of a young man’s triumph over poverty and the lure of the streets end so tragically? Read More

Bookmarks Nov-Dec 2014

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November 12, 2014

Face to Face

Virtual reality is no substitute for the real deal

Research increasingly shows that screen time is no substitute for old-fashioned human contact. Read More

Bookmarks Sept-Oct 2014

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September 11, 2014

Side By Side

No creative artist is an island

An investigation of some of history’s most famous creative teams leads to the conclusion that no artist is an island. Read More

The Unpersuadables

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July 11, 2014

What Makes Fanatics Tick?

Exploring the Psyches of People on the Fringe

A new book investigates the worldview of a range of fanatics who’ve dedicated their lives to holding onto to their antiscientific and antihistorical claims. Read More