The other Kenny Rogers (Texas Ranger pitcher) with arguably the best first half of the season in the American league lost his composure if not...
In the Media
An Open Letter to Matt Lauer
Your interview with Tom Cruise is an evocative tour de force. You were criticized, admonished and belittled. Is it possible for someone to be condescending...
"Michael Didn't Get Off!"
When I first heard that Michael Jackson was found innocent I was glad. But didn't he get away with pedophilia? Not really. He is not...
Is the "Runaway Bride" Still Running?
Is the "runaway bride", Jennifer Wilbanks, still running? She's nowhere to be found. When she was having her fifteen minutes of fame I received several...
Did Prozac cause 16 year-old to go on shooting rampage in Minnesota?
That's certainly the implication of the headline appearing yesterday on the popular Drudge Report website. It read, "School Killer was on Prozac ..." The story...
Media, Managed Care and Michael Moore
Recently it was reported that a common anti-inflammatory medication (Aleve) caused an increase in heart problems or stroke in patients being studied to see if...
Guilty by reason of …
Please, somebody wake me up and tell me I've been having a bad dream. I didn't just read that the District Attorney in Collin County...
Go Team! Fans, Testosterone and You …
On 9-14-04 I made a diary entry after the baseball incident where a pitcher threw a chair into the stands. In the baseball incident, I...
The MTA Study and ADHD
In 1999, the National Institute of Mental Health sponsored the most comprehensive study of ADHD children that had ever been done. They wanted to find...
Dr. Phil, ADHD and Snake Oil
When I first heard that Dr. Phil devoted a program to ADHD (Sept. 28 '04) called "Parenting with Pills" in which he sharply criticized the...