Dr. Payton

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Unalienable Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and to Own Any and All the Guns That We Choose?.

I've read that the ancient Greek democracy failed because it did not protect the individual...
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Externalizing Costs: Making Everybody Pay for What Others Are Doing

Cost externalization or externalized costs usually refers to producers [often corporations] that off-load indirect costs,...
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Stimulant Medication Use During Pregnancy

In reviewing information on the use of stimulant medication [adderall, dexedrine and methylphenidate] During pregnancy,...
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is loneliness central to our problems?

Nicholas Kristof had an opinion piece in the Sunday Review section of the New York...
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Getting Our Minds Wrapped Around It

My wife and I were visiting my son and daughter-in-law and 2 month old grandson...
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I’m Against the Expression “just Sayin”

I recalled "just sayin" when what I was thinking was validated by what happened. So,...
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We Really Do Need Each Other

The recent Beta Theta Pi magazine has an article about preventing suicide and refers to...
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Question, Persuade and Refer [qpr] People Who Are Suicidal

With the rate of suicides in the United States as of 2015 [from the CDC,...
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Is Community Central to Who We Are?

I read an article by Nancy Kaffer from the Detroit Free Press on January 25,...
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Silence is Not Golden if We Are Ignoring Racism, Sexism and Economic Inequality.

There was a recent opinion piece in the New York Times regarding the problem of...