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When mental-health diagnoses become brands, the real drivers of our psychic pain are hidden

The Mental Health Industrial Complex profits off the proliferation of psychiatric diagnoses, thrown around like buzzwords on ...

History doesn’t really repeat itself, but it can provide perspective in the Trump era

George Santayana was probably wrong; those who cannot remember the past aren’t necessarily doomed to repeat it. Mark Twain was probably wrong, too; history may not repeat itself, but it probably doesn ...

Astros’ margin for error is minuscule. Time is running out to increase it

TORONTO — The margin for error is microscopic, magnifying Joe Espada’s every managerial move. His Houston Astros are hampered by attrition and allergic to anything resembling clutch hitting, ...