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...death in 1616, flowered in the 18th century and has flourished largely unchecked ever since. If all Bloom has to say, as the 20th century winds down, is that Shakespeare is the best, the champ, numero uno, then the necessity of his doing so, at such length, seems dubious...
Unfortunately, what gets lost in the cross fire is any serious consideration of Breggin's ideas. Amid extremely dubious assertions like the notion that drugs don't help schizophrenics, Breggin makes some points that many psychiatrists would agree with. Among them: too many doctors prescribe drugs for minor depression or anxiety without talking to patients long enough to understand their problems. Too many patients look for pills to smooth out the inevitable ups and downs of everyday life. And powerful psychoactive drugs can indeed be dangerous if used cavalierly...
...same story. After imposing their own salary cap, the owners signed a series of dubious incentive-laden contracts with players, crude ploys to avoid...
This assertion is dubious. During the month of July, Nero was involved in three driving accidents in three consecutive days while driving PBHA vans. Although Nero asserts that the first two accidents were not her fault, her argument is weakened by the fact that the third accident occurred when she made an illegal U-turn and hit an off-duty police officer. In light of all this, PBHA staff hardly had any choice but to revoke Nero's driving privileges...
Former president Carter, fresh off a dubious victory in Haiti that will apparently allow Raoul Cedras to remain in the country if not in power, announced that he had had a "very pleasant" conversation with Fidel Castro and hoped to pressure the Administration into making concessions. Bill Clinton, meanwhile, has Guantanamo Naval Base filled to capacity with tens of thousands of dissatisfied Cubans, a concentration camp that will cost millions in its first months alone...