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      Grosse Pointe News Columns

    • "BEIJING BICYCLE"
    • "CIDER HOUSE RULES--- The Abortion Controversy
    • "CITIZEN RUTH" (THE PRO'S AND CONS OF ABORTION)
    • "ELIZABETH REX"
    • "EYES WIDE SHUT" (KUBRICK'S LAST MASTERPIECE)
    • "FOR LOVE OF THE GAME"
    • "SCHINDLER'S LIST" ON PRIME-TIME TELEVISION
    • "THE MATRIX" AND COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL
    • "THE MATRIX" AND COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL
    • 'ELECTION (PSYCHO)ANALYSIS
    • A CALL FOR MODERATION IN POLITICS
    • A CHRISTMAS CAROL
    • A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM GOD
    • A FLY IN THE OINTMENT
    • A GOOD ENOUGH PARENT
    • A PSYCHIATRIC PIONEER
    • A RATIONALE FOR LONG ANALYSES--- REALIZING POTENTIAL
    • A ROLE-MODEL OF MENTAL HEALTH
    • A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE:
    • AIRPORT CONSULTATION
    • ALBERT EINSTEIN--- PERSON OF THE CENTURY
    • AMERICAN BEAUTY--- A RED, RED ROSE
    • AMISTAD AND HISTORY
    • ANITA HILL AND CLARENCE THOMAS REVISITED
    • ANOREXIA AT THANKSGIVING?
    • ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING
    • ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM! (WE'VE GOT COMPANY)
    • ANTIGONE AT THE HILLBERRY
    • APPEASEMENT?
    • BEYOND PLEASURE
    • BREAKING THE CODE
    • CHARACTER-BUILDING
    • CHILD-DEVELOPMENT--- DO PARENTS REALLY MATTER?
    • CHOCOLATE FOR LENT?
    • CLINTON'S TESTIMONY--- FOUR HOURS
    • CLINTON-LEWINSKY--- THE RIVETING OF A NATION---
    • COMBATTING TERRORISM
    • COMING OF AGE--- GOOD WILL HUNTING
    • COMMENTS ON THE BOOK OF JOB
    • COMPUTER-PHOBIA AND YOUR KIDS
    • COPING WITH HOLIDAY STRESS
    • CREATIONISM VS EVOLUTION
    • CREATIVE PARENTING OF THE PRE-SCHOOL CHILD
    • CRIME IS DOWN--- WEIGHT IS UP
    • DANIEL PEARL, AN INNOCENT
    • DEATH BY NEUTRINO
    • DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN
    • DEPRESSION OR ADHD OR CHRONIC FATIGUE?
    • DEPRESSION, STRESS AND CARDIAC DISEASE
    • DON'T SEE THIS FILM! ("MAGNOLIA")
    • DON'T THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER
    • ELIAN GONZALES--- FINALLY!
    • ELIAN--- THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD
    • EXPLAIN, NOT CONDONE
    • EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS, UFO'S & COMETS
    • FINDING FORRESTER
    • FOUR RECENT MOVIES ABOUT INCEST
    • FROM THE SIXTIES TO THE MILLENIUM
    • GARRY KASPAROV, HUMAN VS. DEEP-BLUE, MACHINE
    • GOD TELLS THE CHRISTMAS STORY
    • GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE--- DATE-RAPE
    • GPN-WINTER SOLSTICE AND XMAS.
    • GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN
    • GREEN MILE--- DEATH PENALTY REVISITED
    • GROSSE POINTE TOPS IN RITALIN DISPENSING?
    • HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY
    • HEALING BEFORE FORGIVENESS
    • HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL
    • HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI-REVISTED
    • HITCHHIKING A COMET TO HEAVEN
    • HOW TO PREVENT SCHOOL TRAGEDIES
    • HOW TO RAISE A CHILD
    • HUMANS, PETS & POOPER-SCOOPERS
    • HURRY UP! STOP AND THINK!
    • IF FREUD WERE A SCULPTOR
    • IMMANUEL KANT AND THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
    • IMPEACHMENT--- A MORAL CRISIS
    • IS A PUZZLEMENT!
    • IS THERE A FUTURE FOR ZIONISM?
    • JOE LIEBERMAN CRITICIZES BILL CLINTON
    • JUST SAY NO!
    • KEVORKIAN--- DOCTOR DEATH
    • LAW & PSYCHIATRY---- THE DEATH PENALTY
    • LEGALIZE DRUGS?
    • LENINGRAD--- CITY, SIEGE AND SYMPHONY
    • LETTER TO A DEPRESSED PERSON
    • LETTER TO EDITOR---July 19 1999
    • LEWINSKY'S LOVE AFFAIR
    • LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
    • LIVING WITH THE NEUTRINO
    • LOVE
    • LOVE AND POLITICS
    • LOVE, MARRIAGE AND PARENTING
    • MARITAL COUNSELLING OR DIVORCE COUNSELLING?
    • MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
    • MASSACHUSETTS INJUSTICE
    • MCI--- NOT JUST A TELEPHONE COMPANY
    • MEDICAL MISTAKES?
    • MEDICALIZE ADDICTION
    • MELTING POT OR DIVERSITY?
    • MENTAL ILLNESS IN HIGH PLACES
    • MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
    • MOURNING AND MELANCHOLIA
    • MOURNING JFK JR AND PRINCESS DI
    • MUMFORD, MUMFORD, MUMFORD
    • MUSIC HATH CHARMS
    • MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
    • NATIONAL SCHIZOPHRENIA AWARENESS DAY
    • NERDS VERSUS JOCKS (MIND & BODY)
    • NIXON'S PSYCHIATRIST
    • NO END OF DRUG TRAFFIC
    • NOW IS THE TIME TO WRITE YOUR LIFE STORY
    • NOXIOUS AND TOXIC INFLUENCES
    • OCTOBER SKY
    • ON COMMITTING SUICIDE
    • ON THE FUTURE OF INDULGENCES
    • OPENING CEREMONIES
    • PARANOIA AND THE MICHIGAN MILITIA
    • PARENTING A TODDLER II
    • POLITICAL EXTREMISM AND VIOLENCE--- THE UNABOMBER
    • POLITICS AND ECOLOGY
    • POOR LITTLE JESSICA
    • POST-HOLIDAY DEPRESSION
    • PRAYER IN THE SCHOOLS?
    • PREJUDICE IS A FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS
    • PREMARITAL COUNSELLING--- AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
    • PREVENTING TEENAGE SUICIDE
    • PRIMARY COLORS AND THE PRESIDENT
    • PRIMITIVE INSTINCTS
    • PRIMITIVISM OR REFINEMENT?
    • PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE JONESBORO MASSACRE
    • PSYCHIATRY UPDATE
    • PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
    • PSYCHOTHERAPY AND DRUGS
    • RACIAL PROFILING?
    • RECOVERY FROM MENTAL ILLNESS
    • REINHOLD NIEBUHR REVISITED
    • RELATIONSHIPS IN CYBERSPACE
    • REPERCUSSIONS OF THE STARR REPORT
    • RUNNING A HUNDRED MILES?
    • SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
    • SCHOOLDAYS--- DEAR OLD GOLDEN-RULE DAYS
    • SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
    • SHE WASN'T IN HER RIGHT MIND
    • SHOULD TEENS WORK?
    • SHRINKING YOUR GOLF SCORE
    • SHYLOCK AND ANTI-SEMITISM
    • SIBLING RIVALRY--- THE BANE OF CIVILIZATION
    • SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU...
    • SPORTS OR WAR?
    • STEM CELL RESEARCH
    • SYMBOLISM IN THE MEDIA
    • TELEVISE THE EXECUTION
    • THANKFUL ON THANKSGIVING
    • THANKSGIVING AT THE END OF THE MILLENIUM
    • THANKSGIVING DAY--- FOOD FOR THOUGHT
    • THANKSGIVING--- THE GOLDEN RULE AND THE INDIANS
    • THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
    • THE CLINTON CRISIS--- TWO SIDES
    • THE CLINTON LEGACY
    • THE DEATH PENALTY REVISITED
    • THE DEEP END
    • THE EARTH IN BALANCE---2100
    • THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING SHOOTING
    • THE EXECUTION OF TIMOTHY MCVEIGH
    • THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
    • THE GOLD RUSH
    • THE GREAT GROSSE POINTE TORNADO OF 1997
    • THE IMPORTANCE OF PARENTING
    • THE LABYRINTH OF THE MIND
    • THE LAST TABOO
    • THE LURE OF INDEPENDENCE
    • THE MASK OF SANITY
    • THE MEANING OF HALLOWE'EN
    • THE MEANING OF NEW YEAR HOOPLA
    • THE MENTAL ILLNESS OF TIMOTHY MCVEIGH
    • THE MIRACLE OF HARRY POTTER
    • THE MOVIE TO END ALL WARS
    • THE NAKED MILE
    • THE NECESSITY OF ART
    • THE NEW FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
    • THE O.J. PHENOMENON--- RACE-COLORED GLASSES
    • THE POWER AND WEAKNESS OF REVENGE
    • THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
    • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LONGEVITY
    • THE REAL CHINA STORY
    • THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
    • THE RICH AND THE POOR
    • THE RUSH TO JUDGMENT
    • The Story of Job
    • THE THIN RED LINE
    • THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
    • THE UNDERTREATMENT OF DEPRESSION
    • THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND CHRISTMAS
    • THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS WELCOME LOVERS
    • THIRTEEN DAYS--- GROUP DYNAMICS
    • TIME FOR RECONCILIATION
    • TO ALL FRESHPERSONS GOING TO COLLEGE
    • TONYS FOR THE PRODUCERS
    • TOO MUCH FREEDOM? TOO MUCH SELF-ESTEEM?
    • TRAINING A TIGER
    • TRIED AS AN ADULT (THE CRIME OF PUNISHMENT)
    • TWA 800--- WAITING FOR BODY PARTS
    • TWO DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION
    • U2--- YOU TOO CAN BRIDGE THE GENERATION GAP
    • UNCONSCIOUS GUILT--- SELF-PUNISHMENT
    • UNDERSTANDING THE MIND OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
    • VALENTINE'S DAY--- WHAT IS LOVE?
    • VALUES, ETHICS, MORALS
    • WAR IS HELL
    • WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! (OR DELETE THAT EXPLETIVE!)
    • WEST SIDE STORY (AKA ROMEO & JULIET)
    • WHAT IS ART?
    • WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE 2000 CAMPAIGN?
    • WHAT IS CHARACTER?
    • WHAT IS PSYCHOANALYSIS?
    • WHY INDICTMENT?
    • WHY IS THERE RAPE?
    • WHY WE LAUGH--- "SCHADENFREUDE"
    • WHY Y2K 0R YY2K?
    • WINSLOW BOY AND IMMANUEL KANT
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