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Psychiatrist and Cultural Essayist

Irwin Savodnik

4 articles 2003–2009

Irwin Savodnik is a psychiatrist and writer who contributed essays to The Weekly Standard between 2003 and 2009. His pieces explored psychological dimensions of politics and culture, including commentary on presidential psychology and crisis-driven public discourse.

All Crisis, All the Time

November 2, 2009 · Irwin Savodnik, Magazine

Americans are overreacting to events: to the "Great Depression" of 2009, to the increasing numbers of young people with Attention Deficit Disorder, to the histrionic fantasy that climate change will become global boiling. None of these issues is without substance, and none of them should be…