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Katherine Hine
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Book Review: EXILE by J. Phelan
From its opening words of dedication, Janet Phelan’s EXILE hooks the reader with her intuitive grasp of the work’s place in history as she warns those of us awake enough to question the American Dream:
“To the ones who came before, in gratitude And to the ones who will come after, so that you may…
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Forced psychiatry in Ohio Part Two: “Treatment” or “Lifelong punishment”
Ten years ago, then-26-year-old songwriter John Rohrer, troubled about loss of a recent job, was experiencing a delayed reaction to a street hallucinogen he had tried. Dazed, he went to visit a friend but entered the wrong house to wait for her. When the true owner returned to the unlocked house,…
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One Flew Out of the New Cuckoo’s Nest: Forced psychiatry in Ohio - Instrument of political oppression?
“If the physician presumes to take into consideration in his work whether a life has value or not, the consequences are boundless and the physician becomes the most dangerous man in the state.” Dr. Christoph Hufeland (1762-1836)
Before Reynoldsburg police broke down the door to her home November 19…