it's getting better all the time...

2-10-2010—Far fewer children would get a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. “Binge eating disorder” and “hypersexuality” might become commonly used labels for adults. And the way mental disorders are diagnosed and treated would be sharply revised. These are a few of the changes proposed on Tuesday by doctors charged with revising psychiatry’s encyclopedia of mental disorders, the guidebook that largely determines where society draws the line between normal and not normal...” NYT A1 [don’t’ like it? Change the name!]
—One reason conservatives own the antigovernment narrative is because liberals don’t really offer a competing one ... .. the toxic truth is staring us right in the face: The reason government has failed so many times is because it’s been run into the ground by antigovernment politicians.—Frank, WSJ A17 [reality perception disorder—change the name]
2-09-2010--They were Tokyo’s worst-kept diplomatic secrets: clandestine cold war era agreements with Washington that obligated Japan to shoulder the costs of US bases and allow nuclear-armed US ships to sail into Japanese ports.—NYT A4 [reality perception disorder—change the name]
--The Roman catholic Church faces yet another child abuse scandal, this time in Pope Benedict XVI’s native Germany.—NYT A9 [hypersexuality]
--Irish [child abuse] victims write to Pope. Ibid. [hypersexuality]
--Pope Benedict XVI on Monday condemned the abuse of children by members of the clergy. NYT A11-- [reality perception disorder—change the name]
--—JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon recently explained this brave new world, saying that crises should be expected “every five to seven years.”—WSJ A19 [didn’t Marx say this?]
2—8-2010—The good news for players [in the upcoming NFL collective bargaining negotiations] is that Saints quarterback Drew Bess is a player representative who is passionate about union issues.—NYT D7 [workers of the world unite]