From the Ivory Tower

<p align="justify">As evidence of the state of academia we present the latest by&nbsp;columnist Oliver White of&nbsp;the New York University student newspaper.</p>

Introspection

<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><font face="Verdana"><img hspace="2" align="left" alt="" src="https://www.forces.org/userfiles/audio_button.jpg" /></font></span><span style="font-size: 8pt;">What are the effects of the demonization of &lsquo;public health&rsquo;s&rsquo; targets on society? What can those targets do now? Is this an irreversible socio-political process, or can something be done to defeat &lsquo;public health&rsquo;? Especially, how do you feel <em>inside?</em></span></p>

Exaggeration as Social Control

<p align="justify">The past few years have seen an explosion of &quot;problems&quot; that somehow weren’t problematic in the past.&nbsp; Bullying has taken center stage as one of the problems that &quot;experts&quot; say requires societal action.</p>

Making the ‘epidemics’ fit the agenda

<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Did you ever wonder why today we seem afflicted by epidemics of all kinds, while we were not just 10-15 years ago? There are several branches of &lsquo;political&rsquo; &ldquo;science&rdquo;: one is the interview of distant memories of exposure <em>&agrave; la</em> passive smoking, and another one is&hellip;</span></p>