From Down Under, a comprehensive overview of Andrew Blauner 's writers-on-Freud anthology. I contributed, and I'm in the best of company. theconversation.com/penis-envy-the…

This morning's The Washington Post features an op-ed by Laura Delano with a hot link to my 1996 roundup essay about memoirs of depression. I hope that readers will click through. I didn't get everything right, but I think that the piece holds up pretty well. nytimes.com/1996/04/07/boo…

A guest column in The Washington Post.com by Laura Delano includes a hot link to my 1996 roundup essay about memoirs of depression. I hope that readers will click through. I didn't get everything right, but I think that the piece holds up pretty well. nytimes.com/1996/04/07/boo…

Today the House Republicans put out their rules for the next two years of Congress. If you thought their dysfunction, disorganization, and disarray was bad before, buckle up, because it’s about to get even worse. A 🧵…

Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the

Confessions of an Ambivalent Psychiatrist A guest essay by the psychiatrist Susan Mahler on her experience of depression (including treatments with ECT) and how she finds herself in a position where both lived and professional experience are failing her psychiatrymargins.com/p/confessions-…

Start of a thread on the other site.

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who

Shame

MAGA is making the claim that if you watch the entire 50 minute video, Zelensky is the antagonist. This isn't true. At all. I was with Zelensky before this meeting and it's important to know his mindset heading in. 1/ A short 🧵on how the entire ambush went down.

Well worth a read. Entirely clear. Although the early material is more amusing, the late section that quotes President Eisenhower is especially strong.

Republicans are saying that our opposition to Trump nominees is “unprecedented.” Seriously? Let’s take a look at some of the stuff that is really “unprecedented”: