Madness

The Mass Production of Mental Illness and What To Do About It

Anis Shivani | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books


Anis Shivani

Dr. Richard P. Bentall, professor and practitioner of clinical psychology in Britain, exposes the highly dubious nature of reigning presumptions about the causes and treatment of mental illness.

The Literary Fortress

Alan Black | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books


Alan Black

"What's that?" I asked. "A literary fortress," he said, "And a metaphor." I walked around the battlements. Thick hardback tomes lay beneath stacks of paperbacks rising into walls and turrets.

There is No Such Thing as a 'Naked Credit Default Swap'

Max Keiser | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


Max Keiser

There is no such thing as a 'naked credit default swap.' Buying and selling avatars on Second Life using virtual money has more economic legitimacy.