George and Hilly

HILLY: George has been really mad at me. Everything I do seems to frustrate him—even running water, apparently.

DR. SELMAN: How do we define “frustrate”?

HILLY: He’s trying to be as tolerant and patient as possible, but he lets it build up and all of a sudden he just … um … well, he gets Read More

A Cure for Everything: Just Pop a Few Pills

News that my next doctor’s visit apparently will end with my

healer of choice handing me a prescription for an anti-cholesterol pill was so

startling that I almost put aside my cheeseburger and fries. Quickly regaining

my senses, I grabbed a spoon to scoop up the grease that had trickled down my

arm, put it Read More

Teen Furies: Diagnosable-But Curable?

Right now, there are a billion people chasing their tails trying to find the cause and a cure for teenage violence. It is true that once upon a time we had a more sanitized Hollywood and a more polite TV. In the days of my youth, it wasn’t comme il faut to ooze blood on Read More

U.S. Skinheads: Ground Troops For the Majority?

I’ve heard all the explanations-no education, no prospects, only the color of your skin to console you, rage from childhood disappointments, rage at being unable to buy or lease that Lexus spinning out of the wicked primal soup on your TV, energy but no place to go, loneliness as vast and cold as the tundras Read More