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Sunday, November, 23, 2008

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The Presidency: Temperament is the Real Issue

I'm not the type to engage in election analysis, either post hoc, pre hoc, or just plain hoc. But ultimately, the race came down to an issue simply too important for us to ignore: Temperament. Not the economy. Not Iraq. Not health care. Not race.Virtually every babbling head has weighed in on the topic. Joe Klein, writing of Obama in Time magazine... Read moreChevron

Election Night, Something About to Happen

Tuesday, 8 PM California time, 11 PM Eastern Time: I'm watching CNN. The screen goes crazy, even by CNN standards. I am looking at something unbelievable, a caption that is flashing like a strobe light:"Obama elected President," or words to that effect.The camera zeroes in on Anderson Cooper, who confirms the words on the screen, then the scene... Read moreChevron

Eight in Common

In my previous post, I reported on seven people close to me, plus myself. Even though the eight of us shared a bipolar diagnosis in common, the point of my post was that we faced a wildly divergent set of challenges in our daily lives. For instance, one of us had to contend with co-occurring anxiety issues while another dealt with ADD and another... Read moreChevron

Bipolar Plus

What piece of work is a bipolar? Okay, not exactly Shakespeare, but that is the question. Let's consider seven bipolars in my life: two of them are friends from New Jersey, two friends from California, one is recently deceased, one a past romantic relationship, another a present one. Plus myself, which makes eight. For privacy reasons, I will mix... Read moreChevron

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