A recent New Yorker (October 30 issue) had an investigative article which provided exhaustive account of the extensive marketing behind the proliferation of OxyContin . I do mean exhaustive on several levels: the reporter devoted many hours and commendable effort to the piece. (One disgusting aspect of indiscriminately attacking the press is how…
Tag: Violence
Layered
It is overall heartbreaking to realize that what bands together those citizens of the world who turn to violence is perhaps a shared sense of uselessness. In the book “Baghdad Burning,” the author points out the rampant unemployment which followed the destabilizing American intervention in Iraqi politics and military maneuvering. I also read about the…