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In Opposition to Prescription Privileges for Psychologists

by William J. Matthews, Ph.D.

Over the last number of years there has been an increasing demand by many clinical psychologists for the right to prescribe psychotropic medications as a part of their clinical treatment. A typical argument in favor of prescription privileges takes the form of, “I am fully capable of understanding the effects of these medications and being able to prescribe will only enhance the effectiveness of my work with patients.”

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A Review of the Bell Curve: Bad Science Makes for Bad Conclusions

by William J. Matthews, Ph.D.

Herrnstein and Murray’s Bell Curve (1994) obtained a fair amount of publicity upon its release. It has been seized upon by those with a predisposition to belief that heredity is the central and determining factor in explaining race and class differences. As Stephen Jay Gould points out in the November, 1994 New Yorker (based on his book The Mismeasure of Man) that “the Bell Curve holds no new arguments or compelling data but cashes in on the depressing temper of our time.” I would suggest the E. Miller’s (1997) review and his extension of the arguments offered in the Bell Curve reflect quite deeply this “depressing temper of our time”.

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So You Want to Go Snowboarding?

by Terry Gardiner

With the media tag of the fastest growing sport in the 90’s snowboarding is a must to learn this season. It is the alpine thing to do at all the fashionable mountain resorts this year, unless you are afraid of learning! I have been snowboarding for 8 years and I finally found an alpine winter sport that I truly love. All the action screenshots you see in this article are of me slamming the slopes!

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Intranet Solution for the Health Insurance Industry

by Jim Roach & Jon Sund

March 5, 1998

Acknowledgements

We want to express a special thanks to Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB, for his behavioral science analysis, input regarding the interface design, and his review and comments.

Background

This paper assumes that the reader is acquainted with the following terms:

World Wide Web (WWW), Internet / Intranet
HTML, HTTP, and CGI
Portable Document Format (PDF) from Adobe
Media Independent Publishing

Media independent publishing provides for the delivery of knowledge to the point of need in the media that suites the requester. This can be accomplished through a number of way:

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Real Time Internet Consumer Fraud Investigations

by Terry Gardiner

This story is dedicated to helping consumers understand the pitfalls and problems involved with internet business fraud, whether it is from retail or private party transactions. I know from experience that examples demonstrating how real consumers were bilked or defrauded by cyber pirates and web thieves will help other consumers see exactly how fraudulent activities work on the internet.

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March of the Macs

by J. Scott Faulkner

Where do I want to go today? It doesn’t matter, but I want to get there with my Macintosh. Unfortunately, Apple Computer made that an impossibility.

One of “The Rest of Us”
I was asked to author a piece about the eminent demise of the Macintosh computer. However, what’s to say that hasn’t already been regurgitated in all the trade rags for the last two or more years? After all, that’s a bit like arguing which of the political parties has a better ethics record in the White House.

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Private Tutoring: Teacher Rape of a 13 Year Old Student

by Hugh Faulkner

She was 35 when she had sex with a 13 year old boy and gave birth to their child. Because of her gender, she was given a second chance to rape again.

The Education
Mary K. Letourneau, an attractive mother of four, lived as many people would want to. She was married to a handsome man, had children, and was a well-respected teacher in a Seattle, Washington suburb. Though most would be satisfied with this life, her insatiable obsession with a former 2nd grade student has gravely affected many lives.

Now, Letourneau will sit in prison for more than 7 years.

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