They carry bags and have been given labels but they aren’t homeless. Far from it.

Throughout the center of San Francisco in mid-May, thousands of psychiatrists who are attending the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association will be shuttling back and forth to dozens of hotels, shopping centers and cultural events. You may be able to spot APA participants by their conference tags and those free tote bags with drug company insignia prominently displayed on them.

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Who controls the past controls the future.

Who controls the present controls the past.

George Orwell, 1984 Spring is here and things are looking up: war on Iraq is winding down, the U.S. liberated another oppressed people, and not too many U.S. soldiers have died in the process. With pictures of Iraqis cheering on the American troops, much scorn is now heaped on the anti-war movement.

After all, results matter, and the result in Iraq was a glowing military victory.

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