International Journal of Controversial Discussions Issue Volume #4 Issue #1

By Tamar SchwartzApril 6, 2016July 10, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The International Journal of Controversial Discussions Volume #4 Issue #1. The theme of the issue is Memoir and Psychoanalysis with a target paper by Merle Heidi Molofky, MFA, NCPsyA and edited by M. Sagman Kayatekin, M.D. There is also Review of Donnelley M. (2023). Treatment Resistance in Therapy: A Patient’s Perspective. Ireviewed be J. Christopher Fowler and a Response to Dr. Fowler by Marshall Donnelley This journal is supported by a generous grant from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.

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Amiri Baraka (October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014). Poetry, jazz, and the restless voice of revolution

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026 Arts, Poetry Monday, Politics

Click Here to Read: Amiri Baraka (October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014). Poetry, jazz, and the restless voice of revolution by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry substack on October 7, 2026.

Poet Amiri Baraka, 2013 Image: Swing333 Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Revenge of the Humanities: Looking Toward the Existential in an Artificial World

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 7, 2026October 7, 2026 General, Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: The Revenge of the Humanities: Looking Toward the Existential in an Artificial World (Vol. 6; Issue 40) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Psyche Meets Society website on Ocotber 7. 2026.

Front views of the Venus de Milo. Image: Livioandronico2013. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 6, 2026October 6, 2026 Politics

Click Here to Read: How Mexico Proved Mainstream Economics Wrong: American analysts have long viewed inequality as a byproduct of technological causes. But Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena Party has boosted workers’ income without any technological tradeoffs by Jonathan Schlefer in Nation Magazine substack on October 6, 2026.

Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum. Image: Presidencia de Guatemala. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

What We Surrender to AI

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 6, 2026October 6, 2026 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: What We Surrender to AI: CAI Currents including: When Public Money Supports AI “Therapy” by Molly Pachan, PhD; What Chatbots Cost the People Who Love Them by Heather deCastro, LCSW and Cognitive Surrender: Is Resistance Futile? by Valerie Frankfeldt, PhD on The American Psychoanalyst Substack on October 6, 2026.

Independent Bookstores Are a Hub of the Revolution: Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 5, 2026October 6, 2026 Books, Politics

Click Here to Read and Listen To: Independent Bookstores Are a Hub of the Revolution: Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis: Episode 11 of I SPENT 3 DAYS IN MINNEAPOLIS! W. Kamau Bell on his Who’s With Me? Substack on September 29, 2026.

From Front Porch Neighbors to Backyard Strangers: The Transition of Community

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 5, 2026October 5, 2026 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: From Front Porch Neighbors to Backyard Strangers: The Transition of Community by Michael Woudenberg on Polymathic Being Substack on October 04, 2026.

Image: Russell Lee (1903–1986). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 5, 2026October 5, 2026 Politics

Click Here to Read: Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump by Robert Reich on his Substack on October 2, 2026.

Image: Daniel Torok. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.