The West Had a Chance to Make a Good Deal with Iran. President Obama Blew It
It should never have come to this.
May 10, 2018
The Nazi Doctor Who Discovered Autism
Hans Asperger and the “euthanasia” program.
In 1981, a psychiatrist named Lorna Wing coined the term Asperger’s syndrome to describe a peculiar combination of normal or above-normal intelligence, obsessive interest in a few narrow topics, and a severe deficit of social skills. She had taken the name from the Viennese pediatrician Hans Asperger, who did some of the earliest research on the connected condition of autism. In a new biography of Asperger, Edith Sheffer has uncovered his disturbing activities after Hitler took over Austria. Simon Baron-Cohen writes in his review:
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The Gaza Demonstrations as Hybrid Warfare
Using civilians and savvy propaganda to complement violence.
Lebanon’s Elections Are a Victory for Hizballah and Iran
Failed American policy has turned the country into a terrorist hotbed.
How the Yishuv, with Help from Louis Brandeis, Solved Its Malaria Problem
A task previously thought impossible.
The Nazi Doctor Who Discovered Autism
Hans Asperger and the “euthanasia” program.