blaming the brain, the family, & talk shows

[d-m-c at worldnet.att.net]

I was at the local library yesterday waiting for my son to pick out a book
on snakes 'cause his gramps caught him a snake.  Yeehah!  While there I
scanned the new books shelves and stumbled over _Blaming the Brain:  The
Truth about Drugs and Mental Health_  Elliot S. Valenstein.  He's a
neuropsychologist, Doyle, so I wondered if you'd read him.  It looks as if
he very carefully examines the research, which I thought was helpful.  I'll
take a look see maybe, though I;m buried with work and probably won't have
time for it.  I always do this to myself--have too much work and run out
and get books that I'd like to read but don't have time for.  

Also checked out _The War Against Parents_  Cornel West and Sylvia Ann
Hewlett.  I read Katha Pollit on another list bitching about West's social
conservativism.  Anyone read it?  Heard about it?

Oh and Joshua Gamson's  Freaks Talk Back:  Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual
Nonconformity.  I've taught with Gamson before and read some of his stuff
on Freaks on TV in the past.  Looks like it might be good, but I hope he's
improved writing-wise.  He wasn't as awful as Butler, but he could have
used an editor here and there.