For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. has sanctioned a controlled experiment with lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD. The new study in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (PDF) is small, but it may prove to be a milestone in reconsidering the therapeutic benefits of the drug. Read The Rest … Continue reading →

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the Central Intelligence Agency’s top lawyer gave it a ‘‘heads up’’ before the CIA filed a criminal complaint with the Justice Department against Senate Intelligence Committee staffers earlier this year. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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There were a number of reasons to be skeptical when I arrived at a very expensive bar in Fort Greene to talk with Benjamin Kunkel about Utopia or Bust, his new collection of introductory essays about contemporary leftist theorists, ranging from the literary critic Fredric Jameson to the anthropolog Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended … Continue reading →

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Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass often makes its way into the hands of oversized American characters of, shall we say, uncertain repute. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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You’ve been planning to write that novel forever and yet you still haven’t done it. But you are determined, and if you’re not careful you might actually write the thing. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading

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