Let's Talk Books And Politics

You can learn a little about a lot of things or you can learn a lot about a very few things. Guess which is the most fun.

Friday, October 3, 2025

The Fertility Cliff: Projecting Human Population

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 When I was a young man books and articles were discussing fears of an ever-growing population threatening the future of human civilization....
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Heat: Climate and Politics: Is It Time to Move Back Up North?

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 A recent article in The Economist sheds some light on trends in the US housing market: America’s housing market is shuddering .  It indica...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

New Insight into Mental Illness: Autoimmune Psychosis

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 Dealing with mental illnesses in our societies is fraught with uncertainties.  At one time, psychiatry and neurology were two approaches to...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Placebos Can Relieve Medical Problems, Why Not Use Them

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 Gavin Francis is a primary care physician who was asked to review two books addressing the role of placebos in medical care: Placebos by K...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

China and Fentanyl: Opium and China’s Century of Humiliation

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 It is often claimed that China has responsibility for the epidemic of fentanyl addiction and the related overdose deaths.  It does not prod...
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Hi, my name is Rich Couch. I spent my first career as a physical scientist. Now that I am retired I have chosen to go in another direction. I have had a lifelong love of books and an urge to write. Since I am not a story teller and I am way too old to start a new career I have found an outlet in writing essays combining reviews and my opinions of books and articles on politics and current affairs. My hope is that others will find what I have produced interesting and informative--and well written.
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