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Peter A. Olsson, M.D.
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November 5, 2025
Celebrity power and the American presidencyWhen it comes to celebrity, some presidents have it and some don’t—and the ones who do have it for different reasons and despite their flaws.
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October 4, 2025
Trump tests the limits of presidential powerTrump seems to have discarded the halcyon days of Ronald Reagan/Tip O’Neill or Bill Clinton/Newt Gingrich.
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August 29, 2025
A deep dive into Trump Derangement SyndromeWhat makes these poor afflicted souls so full of rage?
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June 4, 2025
Democrat ambivalence about healthy authorityDemocrats have recently lost sight of the importance of a healthy presence of authority to maintain the fabric of our society.
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March 23, 2025
Democrats’ ambivalence about healthy authority in AmericaYou can’t have a country without strong authority at the top.
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November 28, 2024
Barack Obama and a world of wordsContrast the words-based political dazzling of Obama with the actions-based work of Donald Trump.
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October 24, 2024
Who are Trump’s ‘enemies within’ America?What does the former president mean when he uses this phrase, which has driven the left crazy?
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October 12, 2024
Two ways evil takes powerEven in evil regimes, only a small minority are active ‘party’ members. How do they keep the whole society under their control?
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July 13, 2024
The whys have it!The American people deserve to have their questions answered, yet the Biden administration makes that impossible.
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April 30, 2024
The psychological core of antisemitismHere are some of the key ideas related to a deeper understanding of the recently emerging form of antisemitism in America and the world.
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April 27, 2024
Why do antisemites hate God’s chosen people?A little professional psychoanalysis may shed light on the question.
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February 7, 2024
What is it About Celebrity that Corrupts?From Bill Cosby to Bill Clinton, the egotism of celebrity corrupts a lot of people.
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February 1, 2024
Joe Biden and SonsBiden's intended empathy toward the parents of the dead troops did not connect because his son Beau did not die in combat, as Joe Biden often implies. Until his battle with brain cancer.
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January 10, 2024
Authentic rehabilitation of criminals: A psychiatrist’s viewWhat is the actual nature of the criminal's successful rehabilitation?
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January 4, 2024
Biden's last-ditch trickBiden’s silence toward his Chinese friend Xi and his weak protective measures of our own troops attacked by Iran’s agents contradict his empty, vapid statement at the end of most his speeches, “May God bless America and may God protect our troops.”
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March 10, 2023
The Actual Enemy in the War on DrugsWhy do so many Americans comprise such a receptive, exploding market for cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Fentanyl, and cannabis?
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November 2, 2022
Authentic rehabilitation of criminals: A psychiatrist's view Conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, independents and Libertarians — all are for successful rehabilitation of American criminals, but the process is complex
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August 28, 2022
The messy necessity of politicsTake it from a physician and psychiatrist: politics is not "just politics." It's a human need.
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March 5, 2022
Putin: Crazy as a foxThe ultimate danger is Putin's godlike grandiosity and ambition.
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September 3, 2021
Fallacies about a 'free' educationDemocrats have been touting free education in their massive spending proposals, but there are some unintended consequences...
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August 18, 2021
Illegal Immigrant Parenting and Character FormationOne of the conversations we should be having about illegal immigration is the negative effect parents’ who’ve made this choice have on their children.
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August 14, 2021
The folly of simply 'following the science'Science doesn’t work the way leftists think it does – especially with an organism as complicated as a pandemic.
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July 17, 2020
For America to function, Americans must have a healthy fear of policeOne elemental aspect of the normal dynamics of police power and authority is fear.
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August 8, 2019
Mental Disorders and the Second AmendmentA psychiatrist explains the types of mental conditions and the ways society can protect itself from the dangers of firearms violence from disordered persons.
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August 4, 2019
The Las Vegas Mass Murderer's Motive: A Psychoanalyst ExplainsOn the surface, Stephen Paddock's record had not a hint of criminality until his ghastly mass murder.
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September 2, 2016
A Lonely Pro-Trump Psychiatrist SpeaksWith Donald Trump’s bombastic campaign style, a new glossary of terms is needed to understand his evolving policies and predict his way of leading and governing if elected.
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August 1, 2010
At Hell's GateMass murder, murdersSuicide, and suicide bombing: neglected domains of applied theology


