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...Mellon Bank; it's the United Mine Workers. It's Swarthmore; it's South Philly. It's Andy Warhol; it's Joe Paterno. In the Republic's early days, someone dubbed Pennsylvania the Keystone State because it was the place where North joined South. Today it is a psychic keystone. Pennsylvanians have supplied our money, oil, coal, steel--and now our zeitgeist...
...These viewers, admittedly a small shard of the TV universe, deluge us with one question: What can we do? If there are two Americas - separate and unequal - and if the drug war has helped produce a psychic chasm between them, how can well-meaning, well-intentioned people begin to bridge those worlds...
...Besides, people have been attempting to seek relief from their psychic suffering with less safe—and less legal—methods since time immemorial. And while one can’t become addicted to antidepressants, it is very possible indeed to become addicted to engaging in alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and self-injurious behaviors in order to alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness...
...buzz words these days are "commitment," "intimacy" and "working at relationships." There is much talk of pendulum swings, matters coming full circle and a psychic return to prerevolutionary days. "We are in a '50s period again," says Miami Psychiatrist Gail Wainger. "People are looking for more lasting relationships, and they want babies." In the '70s Wainger's case load was predictably heavy with patients complaining about sexual inadequacies. "Not having an orgasm was an O.K. reason to come in for therapy. Now they come in because they are not happy with their lives, their jobs, their inability to find relationships...
...With such an attractive package and compelling storyline, Big Easy fans should be toasting the team on Bourbon Street. After all, the city has long been starving for a winning pro sports team, and could still use a psychic lift post-Katrina. The NFL's Saints have tasted some recent success, but they play only eight home games each season, drawing fans from all over the football-crazed state. But as the city prepares to host the league's All-Star Game festivities this weekend, many people are wondering if the Hornets can survive much longer in New Orleans. "Look...