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October 28, 2019

Media Criticism: In Hindsight, Was Gingrich Right to Criticize The Times for Its Trump Coverage?

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich wrote an op-ed supporting then President-elect Donald Trump in December 2016. NEW YORK […]

October 25, 2019

How a Family Tragedy Sparked My Fascination With a Mental Health Book

I took a forensic psychology course that introduced me to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The manual fascinated me. I found it intriguing that mental health clinicians can refer to this booklet of criteria and symptoms, and simply flip through its pages to diagnose someone with a mental illness. 

October 23, 2019

Case Study: Gita Jackson Finds Humanity in the Dispassionate Internet

Control, released in August 2019, is the latest game by the creators of Max Payne and Alan Wake. Photo credit: […]

October 22, 2019

Casey Newton: The Advocate for Facebook Moderators

(Source: Eston Bond) PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Imagine if social media was raw, obscene, and absolutely unfiltered. Any person in the […]

David Icke, an English conspiracy theorist, is the chief proponent of the idea that reptilians in human skin control humanity. Credit: Flickr, via Creative Commons.

October 15, 2019

How Far Are ‘Lizard People’ from the White House?

Former sports broadcaster David Icke claims that shapeshifting reptilians control the world, masquerading as our trusted political leaders. He’s built a business around it, writing books and selling out public talks around the world for years. How far are his far-out theories from those that grip the current White House, and are they related?