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Article: Of hope and anger. (trends in the inability to maintain self-control over anger) (Column)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- August 17, 1992
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I KEEP UP up to date with television based upon what the young children of my friends tell me. From them I've learned that non-prescription medications are now available for the treatment of hemorrhoids, vaginal yeast, constipation, diarrhea, and morning breath. "What about for anger?" I asked one of them. All I got in response was a vacuous, cross-eyed stare.
From what I've read in the press, more Americans are suffering from anger than from all the other above-mentioned maladies put together. Yet no cure seems near at hand. What research is being conducted in the labs? Extraordinary amounts of federal money have already been spent to salve the problem. ...