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It would seem that if mental illness is a brain illness, mentally ill people would at least do better than someone who has had a mechanically caused brain issue, such as a tumor, an aneurism, a stroke, or a bad blow to the head. All of the latter things can be assessed accurately with medical equipment. -more-

We should be able to give the president of the United States the benefit of the doubt that his statements are true until facts suggest otherwise. We can no longer give this president that benefit. -more-

In Judaism, the period between the New Year and the Day of Atonement is known as the days of awe, when the observant delve into deep spirituality. It so happened that PBS broadcast the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary The Vietnam War during the days of awe, so I watched it religiously. -more-