From the monthly archives: July 2010

Winner of Health and Life Blog Award

By On July 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

Yes, I got an award for best muckraking blog, from the Health and Life blog, but they said I had to dance with a sweaty person, and those of you in the loop know what this is all about. Here’s my badge.

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Welcome To The Snake Pit of the 21st Century

By On July 2, 2010 · 5 Comments

That’s right, The Snake Pit. It’s not the freaky mental hospital in the movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” It is the modern American jail, which now holds more mentally ill people than psychiatric hospitals.

I listened to a lecture by Judge Steve Leifman of the Miami-Dade County Court system, who realized [...]

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