In this eye-opening TED talk, veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson shows how astroturf, or fake grassroots movements funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively manipulate and distort media messages.
Saying Goodbye
Ben Reich passed away on Sunday, March 1st. He was the father of my children and a good friend, even though we’ve been divorced for years. The past few months have been hard, as we knew he was dying- but obviously the past week and a half have been harder still. Most of his immediate family, myself included, were there with him at hospice the day he died.
Preservar y proteger nuestra libertad a la salud
Tomar ese primer paso y darse a sí mismo y a su vida una oportunidad. (Muchas veces subestimamos el poder de las pequeñas cosas que traen grandes cambios). ¿Cuál es el sentido de la vida si uno no va a vivirlo plenamente o como uno quiere y qué tontería si lo único que se entrepone para conseguir […]
Antifragile
I once was meeting with a patient, and as I usually do, I asked him how he had heard of me. He answered by citing a newspaper article which I knew in fact was extraordinarily negative about the BTD. When I asked him what he thought about the article, he answered that his sister had had such wonderful results with the program, but he had never gotten the name of the book from her! The article has simply served to give him a way to find me. He was grateful for that.