The Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Nexus

These two articles by Marcia Angell are real eye-openers about what appears to be the pseudo-medicalization of psychiatry, the vast increase in possible diagnoses of mental illness, and the influence (financial and otherwise) of big Pharma on psychiatrists and research over the past thirty years. Children, in particular, have been targeted by pharmacetical companies as the next big market. Recommended for those who work with children and are concerned about the increasing medicalization of "problem" behaviors.

Marxist Boxing Match

Not sure if anyone is reading this, but, if you've ever studied Marxist philosophy, this is hilarious (and RIP Jerry Cohen).

Three Think-Pieces

Read. Come to your own conclusions.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/chart-o-day-workers-share-of-national.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-ferguson/standstill-nation-as-the-_b_880518.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/bipartisan-antiwar_b_880404.html