Daily Archives: February 8, 2015

The Trip Treatment

The New Yorker has an in-depth look at medical research into psilocybin’s therapeutic affects. Rod Dreher has a thoughtful essay on the subject. The New Yorker piece includes this video of one cancer survivor’s experiences:

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Harrison Report, Patton, & the Holocaust Memorial Industry

Making waves at NYT.com is “Surviving the Nazis, Only to Be Jailed by America” by Eric Lichtblau, Washington correspondent for The New York Times and the author of “The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s … Continue reading

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The 39 Steps (1935)

A category of my favorite cinematic experience is the ‘innocent man on the run’ genre that Alfred Hitchcock pioneered. While North By Northwest (1959) is my favorite Hitch film of this genre, The 39 Steps (1935) is another great film … Continue reading

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