Recently, my wife and I have been binge watching “The Great British Baking Show.” I know we are late to the game, but better late than never. It may be the second greatest televised spectator sport ever. The best in NFL football. Both allow you to look up from your laptop browsing now and againContinueContinue reading “The Great British Baking Show vs. the World According to Hollie Noveletsky”
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You’re Welcome, New Hampshire: Bail, Theater, and the Myth of the Fix
In New Hampshire politics, there is nothing quite like a good victory lap. Recently we have seen leaders step up to the podium, flanked by law enforcement, and declare that their bail changes have “made us safer” because crime is down. The photo ops are impressive. I first heard about New Hampshire’s “fixed” bail systemContinueContinue reading “You’re Welcome, New Hampshire: Bail, Theater, and the Myth of the Fix”
Grand Juries, Secret Evidence, and the Comey Case
Sometimes it’s a shock to realize that I have been working as a psychologist in the legal system for over 35 years. I’ve been a psychologist for longer than that but that was as a school psychologist and psychotherapist. I’m not a lawyer, but I do work closely with them, and you can’t spend decadesContinueContinue reading “Grand Juries, Secret Evidence, and the Comey Case”
Live Free or Believe Anything: Matt Drew’s War on Vaccines: An Open Letter to Representative Matt Drew
Dear Representative Drew, House Bill 1811, your effort to repeal all statutory vaccine mandates in New Hampshire, was decisively rejected by the House on a 192–155 vote. Thirty‑four Republicans crossed over to join Democrats in killing the bill, a notable rebuke given the chamber’s narrow partisan balance. The margin suggests that, whatever sympathy some membersContinueContinue reading “Live Free or Believe Anything: Matt Drew’s War on Vaccines: An Open Letter to Representative Matt Drew”
Pseudoscience, Protein Wars, and RFK Jr.’s Merry Band of Nitwits
I can’t help but be fascinated by RFK Jr. It’s kind of like driving by a motor vehicle accident-horrifying and yet you can’t look away. Granted, we live in strange times and there is so much to be horrified by that I have to take it in small doses. For years I’ve tried to helpContinueContinue reading “Pseudoscience, Protein Wars, and RFK Jr.’s Merry Band of Nitwits”
Ivermectin, COVID, and the Politics of Medicine: A Case Study in How Science Works (and Sometimes Doesn’t)
I’ve avoided writing about politics—who needs the tsurris? But when science and policy collide, I can’t look away. Case in point: a group of New Hampshire legislators is pushing a bill to allow people to buy ivermectin without a prescription, presumably to treat COVID. So let’s take a closer look. What is ivermectin? Why didContinueContinue reading “Ivermectin, COVID, and the Politics of Medicine: A Case Study in How Science Works (and Sometimes Doesn’t)”
Samurai Shrink (formally Wandering Shrink) 