Panic

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Martians in New Jersey: Remembering the War of the Worlds

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Aliens, Hysteria, Anniversary, Hoax, Fake-News, War, Panic, Radio, Great Depression, Halloween, Orson Welles, New Jersey, New York News

Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.

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A "National Emergency?" No, a National Anxiety Attack

Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Swine Flu, Flu, Influenza, National Emergency, Panic, Vaccines, H1n1, Living News

The possibility of your healthy child "being hooked to a respirator" because of Swine Flu is incredibly small. To imply otherwise is an unintelligent scare tactic.

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Manage Fear So It Doesn't Manage You

Lauren Mackler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Living Fearlessly, Solemate, Lauren Mackler, Fear, Live Boldly, Fearlessness, Panic, Soulmate, Living News

If you're living life from a place of fear, you're not free to take risks or pursue your dreams.

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The Hysteria Factor: Obama and the Swine Flu

Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vaccine, Air America, Pap Attack, Swine Flu, Civil Liberties, Mike Papantonio, Fear, Kathleen Sebelius, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Pandemic, Panic, Ring of Fire, Politics News

Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.

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PANIC: 3 Ways You Can Turn Panic Into Happiness

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Happiness, Fear, Anxiety Disorders, Panic, The Inner Life, Panic Disorders, Anxiety, Acute-Anxiety, Living News

We are witnessing an outbreak of panic and fear as people in the US respond with misunderstanding and ignorance to falsely perceived threats to their ...

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From Fear To Panic: Overreacting In The Face Of Uncertainty

New York Times | Jane E. Brody | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Uncertainty, Fear, Personal Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Panic, Swine Flu, Living News

Could a reason for the panicky reaction to the swine flu outbreak be that it diverted our attention, however briefly, from the devastating effects of ...

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Ending the Meltdown Melodrama

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Crisis, Blogging the Meltdown, Economic Panic, Economy, Economic Meltdown, Panic, Business News

Mass media thrives on melodrama, and so does modern politics. We became addicted to the scary side of the economic meltdown -- the term itself is a piece of verbal melodrama.

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Fear Recedes

James Berman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Housing Market, Bill Miller, Unemployment, Gdp, Economy, Stock Market, Panic, 000, 8, Dow, Recession, Hoover, Business News

Common knowledge doesn't influence markets, only true surprises do.

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The Ungovernable

Peter Clothier | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Consciousness, Barack Obama, Recession, Panic, Politics News

The current spectacle of outrage, skepticism and mistrust amongst Americans is a reminder of a theory I have shared, I know with many others, for quit...

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Buffett's Wrong: Stay Out of Stocks

Diane Francis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.

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The Nightmare Has Not Ended: Be Very Scared

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Nationalization, Africa, FInancial Markets, Panic, Banks, Crisis, Fear, Plunder, Wall Street Crisis, Business News

Is anyone surprised that the markets would go up after billions of dollars were "injected" into ailing markets? Think of that as an injection of penic...

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Don't Panic, it Won't Help

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Psychology, Emotional Sobreity, Relationships, Emotional Wellness, Sleeplessness, Ambien, Panic, Anxiety, Xanax, Living News

Everywhere we look we're seeing evidence of strain, anxiety and panic. While it's natural and expected that we be affected during these uncertain times, stay out of a state of panic.

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Fear and Reason on Wall Street

Michael Moynihan | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crisis, Fear, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Panic, Business News

Cross-posted at the NDN Blog. New York City -- In his classic 1841 book Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Scottish journalist Charl...

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A Call for National Teach-Ins on the Economy

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Teach-Ins, Panic, Stock Market, John Kenneth Galbraith, Great Depression, Wall Street Crisis, Irrationality, Business News

Most of us don't have much of a sense of how systems and institutions and economic laws and cycles operate. We expect rationality in a marketplace driven by panicky irrationality.

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Pessimism: I'll Drink to That!

Steve Wasik | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Newsweek, Mood Swings, Economy, Panic, Usweekly, News, The Daily Show, Sigg, Green News

The Conference Board, which has tracked Americans mood swings since 1967, released figures showing that consumer confidence has reached an all time low. Sobering, but in light of the latest media coverage, hardly surprising news.

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Panic, Anyone?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, John McCain, Herbert Hoover George W. Bush, Bear Market, Panic, Pete Seeger, Franklin Roosevelt, Depression, Barack Obama, Recession, Herbert Hoover, Politics News

While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.

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