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Corruption in Carroll County, Georgia: Part 1

It was a summer night a couple of years ago when I attended the Accademia Italiana della Cucina local chapter meeting for Atlanta, Georgia, at a restaurant in the upscale Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. The occasion? My wife, Viola Vaccarino, who at the time was the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and a Professor […]

Brian Kemp, Enemy of the People

Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State and Candidate for Governor, has been a member of the Georgia Republican Cabal that has declared war on democracy in our State of Georgia over the past 8 years. Brian Kemp left Georgia voter data online without password exposing the personal data of six million Georgians. It is likely […]

Upcoming Webinar on the Neurobiology of PTSD

I will be giving a CE credited webinar on the Neurobiology of PTSD on Dec 4, 6 pm. You register here–> https://traumaedessentials.com/schedule/ I have been giving my book You Can’t Just Snap Out of It: The Real Path to Recovery from Psychological Trauma to my trauma and PTSD patients, and they have been getting a […]

Accutane and Violence

I have been tapped once again as an expert in the ongoing saga of Accutane and psychiatric side effects, this case involving a 15-year-old boy who committed homicide in Colorado after he became psychotic while taking a generic version of Accutane, which is isotretinoin, this brand was Claravis. You can read about the case here including quotes from me and read more of my writings on the behavioral effects of Accutane here. Accutane was taken off the market in 2009 […]

Accutane and Violence

I have been tapped once again as an expert in the ongoing saga of Accutane and psychiatric side effects, this case involving a 15-year-old boy who committed homicide in Colorado after he became psychotic while taking a generic version of Accutane, which is isotretinoin, this brand was Claravis. You can read about the case here […]

New Book Release: Guiding Clients in Recovery from Psychological Trauma

Most mental health clients have a history of significant psychological past from their childhood or adult lives. Clients can be given a tool set and a road map for their recovery from psychological trauma that complements therapy or other professional interventions. This book outlines how therapists, counselors and social workers can help guide their clients […]

Bluestein Does It Again! Another Puff Piece for Bobby Kaple and Friends

Just when you thought Greg Bluestein might have gotten religion, he does it again!. Another puff piece written in the Sandy Springs Constitution (aka AJC) promoting his favored candidate Bobby Kaple. Bluestein also promotes another candidate, Kevin Abel, however he once again ignores the other candidate, Richard Keatley. Kaple and Abel have both announced big […]

Poem: Ruby

Ruby (a ghost town in the Okanogan Highlands of Washington State) from The Moon has no Compassion for the Dead, and other poems, by Doug Bremner There in Ruby we looked at what was left of an old mining town. Later you said you had wanted me. right then and there. maybe against the car. […]

One Hand Feeds the Other: Georgia Journalists Feed the Good ‘Ole Boy System

You might think that the voters of Georgia would get to choose their political representatives, but in a little known fact, it is actually powerful individuals in the media and business who choose who will represent us. That is why we always seem to get the short end of the stick on things like healthcare, […]

The Cart Before the Horse, or How Too Much Money Lost Georgia’s 6th Congressional District for the Democrats

Now that the dust has settled, it’s time for Democrats to analyze what went wrong in the recent effort to turn the Sixth Congressional District “blue.” On the one hand, some cite Jon Ossoff’s performance of 48.1% to 51.9% as a historic, if not a miraculous, turnaround of a GOP bastion where previous election results […]