Decades ago, psychiatrist Thomas Szasz shocked the mental health establishment by suggesting that mental illness is a myth devised to stigmatize individuals for their unacceptable behavior. Despite the advent of Prozac and Zoloft, the idea still has its supporters.
Brand New Bag
Guy Martin, senior correspondent for security for Conde Nast Traveler and a security columnist for New York Magazine,
- on New York's new subway bag search policy
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- on New York's new subway bag search policy
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London Update
Todd Richissin, London correspondent for The Baltimore Sun,
- on how Tony Blair's support for the war in Iraq is playing in the U.K. elections
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- on how Tony Blair's support for the war in Iraq is playing in the U.K. elections
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Imbalanced Views?
Jeffrey Schaler, psychologist and professor in the school of public affairs at American University in Washington
- says mentall illness is in our heads
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- says mentall illness is in our heads
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Before Sunset
Amitai Etzioni, University Professor at The George Washington University and author, How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism (Routledge, 2005),
- explains why revising the USA Patriot Act is tricky business
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- explains why revising the USA Patriot Act is tricky business
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Eminent Domain
Brett Fausett, runs the blog, Lex Text, partner at Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft
- breaks down the debate over who should oversee top level domain names and resistance to US control
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- breaks down the debate over who should oversee top level domain names and resistance to US control
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Balancing Act
Two segments of today's show dealt with the tension between security and civil liberties. Both the new policy announced yesterday of random searches of bags and packages in (or entering) NYC's subways and some of the provisions of the extension of the USA PATRIOT Act passed last night by ...