That’s the title of the recent Broadside book by Sally Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute. Here she is showing how Obamacare will add tremendously to the costs for individuals and employers. But, she argues, there are easily implemented alternatives…and here they are.

So what’s really wrong with you? The APA (American Psychiatric Association) has got your number or, rather, your diagnosis. And it is all laid out in the DSM-5.  Whazzat? The revised list of mental disorders wherein your neighborhood psychiatrist can find you, label you and make you eligible or ineligible for insurance coverage for the sometimes quite harmful drugs he will prescribe. So says psychologist Gary Greenberg in his new Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry. According to Greenberg that branch of medicine  is now in danger of becoming a sideshow turned into a racket.

We’re joined today by Jayson Lusk, a professor of agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University and author of the new book The Food Police: A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate.

In his book, Lusk looks at the emerging industry of “experts” that are hell-bent on telling you what to eat and when to eat it. Some of the topics we cover include the banning of certain types of food, eating organic, and genetically modified-foods. Enjoy!

Geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Marc Agronin discusses the stigmas around aging and treating the elderly.