Columnists

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Some Amount of Comfort is a Necessity

Jack Bragen
Friday October 23, 2015 - 03:38:00 PM

If someone is stuck in a delusional system or otherwise psychotic, or is in a severe manic or depressed state, it is too much to ask, if you are expecting them to come out of it, medicated or not, if their environment is adverse. -more-


DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE:Turkey’s Election Turmoil

Conn Hallinan
Friday October 23, 2015 - 04:31:00 PM

As Turkey gears up for one of the most important elections in its recent history, the country appears, as one analyst noted, to be coming apart at the “seams”: -more-


THE PUBLIC EYE:The End of the Republican Party

Friday October 23, 2015 - 03:35:00 PM

The latest Huffington Post Poll of Polls estimates that three “outsider” Republican presidential candidates (Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Donald Trump) account for more than 50 percent of primary votes. We’re witnessing a civil war within the GOP. Is this the end of the Republican Party? -more-