WASHINGTON — On his second yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis traveled 9,000 miles, patrolled with American troops in eight… Read more: Military, Daniel L Davis, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Defense Department, Afghanistan War, World News
Media and official reports on prevalence rates of military war stress injury have focused almost exclusively on escalating rates of well-known war stress injuries such as PTSD, depression, generalized anxiety, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the true impact from war trauma cannot be reduced to a handful of psychiatric diagnoses, as some [...]
Many veterans never dreamed of needing help coping with life following combat deployments. While the impact of surviving in a combat zone has left many veterans seeking help in overcoming posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there have been significant advances in treatment. Read more: PTSD Veterans, War Veterans, Ptsd for Veterans, Mental Health, Military, Veterans With [...]
When I first began to develop EMDR therapy back in 1987, I experimented with everyone who was willing to volunteer. One of the things I found very interesting was that often the problem they were concentrating on would spontaneously connect in their minds to earlier memories that were related in some way. That’s how I [...]
Is this DoD greenwashing for good PR? Smart investment to reduce cost? Yes and yes. But above all, the DoD is serious about clean energy for one primary reason: survival. Read more: Sotu, Dod, US Military, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Obama, Military, Green News
Subways aren’t just a means of getting from point A to point B. The dark nether regions that swallow millions of people daily are often bright and creative spaces to be explored. Read more: Sweden, Germany, Beijing, Hong Kong, Subway, United States, Travel, China, New York, Japan, Paris, France, Munich, Stockholm, Madrid, Moscow, Public Transportation, [...]
Voltaire’s wit often illuminates truth. Consider this revealing “thought” as expressed recently in Alert, the voice of AIPAC to its membership.
On February 2, notorious hatemonger Alan Dershowitz keynoted a Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia (JFGP)/Hillel of Greater Philadelphia “Evening of Unity & Community Solidarity” with Israel.
Don Imus yells the slur “Skunk Vomit” as a description for Newt Gingrich. Coming from the erratic “Old Cowboy” and shock jock legend that lives on outrage and offense is nothing new to his listeners.
Normally I wouldn’t expect to get sent to Guantanamo for telling anti-Congress jokes. But these days, anything is possible.
