Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today that Connecticut has joined with other states and the federal government in a preliminary agreement with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to settle allegations involving illegal off-label drug marketing and kickback…
Hartford Courant and Fox 61 top editor Jeffrey Levine has been fired, publisher Richard Graziano confirmed today in a short statement to the news staff. Courant/Fox61 Publisher Graziano is scheduled to meet this afternoon with…
Hartford Courant and Fox 61 top editor Jeffrey Levine was supposedly told today that his job was eliminated according to several Courant sources.
The sources said that Levine was called into publisher Richard Graziano’s fourth floor suite this morning where he was told that his job was eliminated. The two had apparently been fighting over staffing issues.
WORKING WITH GRACE By Kathleen Cairns, Psy.D. Dear Doctor Kathleen, I have heard that you work in your office with your Maltese dog Grace and that she was a therapy dog in a hospital in…
As we in the media know, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal normally just can’t get enough television coverage.
But for some unexplained reason, Blumenthal, who entertained veterans at small gatherings by making up stories about having been a combat Marine in Vietnam, decided to be shy when Australian television showed up at his Hartford offices to film “Heroes, Frauds and Imposters,” which focus on three American politicians who used false military claims to be more admired.
DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN,
While waiting in line at the grocery store, my 6-year-old daughter asked., “Mommy, how do you have lots of orgamas?? What’s an orgasma???” I realized she was reading and mispronouncing the cover of a popular magazine! I felt so embarrassed as the other customers looked at me to see what I would say, (as if I would know the answer!). How can we protect our little children who can read from these ridiculously inappropriate headlines in public places? I don’t know what to do, other than not taking her to the grocery store with me. What a sad world!
Under pressure from state Attorneys General, Craigslist Wednesday confirmed that it has permanently shut down its “adult services” section. However, a company spokesman defended the site’s activities as “one of the few bright spots” in…
Dear Doctor Kathleen,
I have been in therapy with a very nice woman for about 8 months. Although I like talking to her because she’s a good listener, she doesn’t say very much. I feel better talking to her, but nothing has changed in my life. How can I tell if I’m getting the help I need? How do I know if my therapy is “working”?
Am I Getting Help?
For those following the legal twists and turns in my wrongful termination suit agaist The Courant I am providing this update. As promised everything that I can legally disclose will be disclosed. The next oral…
DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN,
I hope you can help me break a life-long habit of collecting “strays.” I have always been drawn to people who are needy, helpless, dependent, and hurt. I love to help and to give, but eventually I always feel used and resentful that no one is there for me. And my house is filled with junk I’ve collected over the years. Somehow I think it’s all related? How can I stop this self-destructive behavior?
AMATEUR SOCIAL WORKER
I first met Dr. Kathleen Cairns, Psy.D at a Caribean airport where my friend Frank Morgan (better known in West Hartford by his alias Marcus Franklin). She was standing behind us going through customs and I asked her where she was from.
Kathleen said Connecticut. I then asked where? She humored me and said West Hartford. I again asked where? She humored me some more and gave me her street name. I explained that I lived one block away.
Under pressure from state Attorneys General, Craigslist has replaced the adult services section with the word censored, CNN reported today. “It was not immediately clear whether Craigslist removed the adult services and replaced them with…
My old employer – The Hartford Courat – on the day it celebrates its founder, again publishes a full-page ad that boosts its revenues at the expense of its readers.
I wonder how the management explains how it can claim be a friend to consumers with its daily consumer tips and then run ads that it knows are false and knows it is helping to rip off its readers.
Today we posted Kevin Szymanski’s 29th training video, this time focusing on the back, core and a little aerobic exercise. Again, it’s important to check with your doctor if you have not been working out…