a society medicated

some statistics on lifestyle drugging.

"A study of antidepressant use in private health insurance plans by the New England Research Institute found that 43 percent of those who had been prescribed antidepressants had no psychiatric diagnosis or any mental health care beyond the prescription of the drug."

(thanks quirkmaster)

three trillion dollar war

$16bn per month is quite a tab. and really really bad accounting practices to boot. as in, oops where'd i put that $8.8bn?

"...the official Congressional Budget Office estimate for the cost of the war so far was of the order of $500bn. The figure was so low, they didn't believe it, and decided to investigate. The paper they wrote together, and published in January 2006, revised the figure sharply upwards, to between $1 and $2 trillion." the cost of war.

a woman overlooked

nearing the 50th anniversary of her death. this story always makes me a little sad.

the teapot dome scandal

a nice story about corruption, oil, illicit love, and the republican national committee. the present day storyline has not changed much since the 1920s.

hvd

change is afoot