Donald Trump’s Power Is Scary, Not His Mental Health Donald Trump’s Power Is Scary, Not His Mental Health
Psychiatrists are speaking out to warn of the dangers of Trump’s instability, but politicizing mental health is a mistake.
Feb 3, 2017 / Miriam Markowitz
Millennials Aren’t Generation Y, We’re Generation Omega Millennials Aren’t Generation Y, We’re Generation Omega
Stories about Millennials’ character flaws aren’t just wrong; they’re cover for the real perpetrators of crimes against the future.
May 30, 2014 / Miriam Markowitz
Here Comes Everybody Here Comes Everybody
Women writers are far outnumbered by men in magazines and book reviews, but why? Part of the answer lies in book publishing.
Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker
On “Madness in the Method” from April 22.
May 15, 2013 / Our Readers and Miriam Markowitz
Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’ Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’
Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.
Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
Trials: On Janet Malcolm Trials: On Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm can be brutal in her judgments, but it is the casual brutality of keen observation.
May 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
The Group: On George Price The Group: On George Price
The enigma of George Price: He derived an equation for the evolution of altruism, yet he died believing himself a failed good Samaritan.
Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz
A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring
If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?
Jan 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz