Kinky Friedman
| Born | November 1, 1944 |
| Hometown | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Net worth | $2 million |
| Parents | Minnie Samet Friedman, Dr. S. Thomas Friedman |
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Psychiatrist Says Trump Should Be Examined for Cognitive Illness After Disjointed Debate
- A clinical psychiatrist at a leading medical school says if a patient presented with the rambling incoherence that former president Donald Trump showed in his widely panned debate performance earlier this week he would refer them for a “rigorous neuropsychiatric evaluation.”Richard Friedman, a professor of clinical psychiatry and director of Weill Cornell Medical College’s psychopharmacology clinic, wrote in The Atlantic Thursday that he watched Trump debate Vice President Kamala Harris “with pa
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Twitter Fined for Failing To Quickly Turn Over Trump Data to Jack Smith
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- HealthThe Daily Beast
The Adderall Shortage Is the Mental Health Crisis No One’s Talking About
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Benjamin Vincent Kasapoglu/Wikimedia Commons and Public Domain“How do you get an ADHD person to clean their house? Assign them some homework.”“What does ADHD stand for? Attention Deficit HEY DOUGHNUTS!”“Why didn’t the ADHDer cross the road? He doesn’t know. He was planning to cross the road, and suddenly the day was over.”Nobody Sold Out Harder Than Tucker CarlsonFor millions of Americans who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (A
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Functional mushrooms seem to be everywhere, but are they 'mush' ado about nothing?
Suddenly, it seems functional mushrooms are popping up everywhere — and not just in places you might expect, like risotto.
- EntertainmentDeadline
London West End’s Queen of Drama Sonia Friedman Is Conquering All The World’s Stages — Deadline Disruptors
When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London’s National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during production for the premiere of his one-act play Mountain Language starring theatrical royalty Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins. “I was the person sitting right next to [Pinter],” […]
- EntertainmentFort Worth Star-Telegram
Matthew McConaughey for governor? Why not? There’s just one problem: Texas politics
A centrist stance might be welcome, if he can get on the ballot when party primaries are driven by ideological voters.
- NewsBloomberg
Boston Ready for Its Tallest Residential Building
Carpenter & Co. CEO Richard Friedman discusses One Dalton, the Four seasons luxury tower currently under construction in Boston, and how having a real estate developer in the White House will affect the ...
- NewsMashable
How weird sleep schedules can affect our mental health
Much like a clock on the wall, our cells have their own 24-hour timeline. When they're in sync, our body clock may act as a protective barrier against mental and physical illnesses. But throw in some jet lag, a night shift or a bout of insomnia, and suddenly the clock's hands are spinning out of control — potentially leaving us more vulnerable to viral infections and depression, scientists say. SEE ALSO: Our lack of sleep is costing the world billions of dollars Richard Friedman, a professor o
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Extraordinary colour photos show London life in the 1960s and 70s
An amateur photographer from the US has released a series of fascinating photographs capturing life in London during the 1960s and 70s. Soho’s busy Berwick Street can be seen filled with market stalls selling fruit and vegetables while another photo shows Camden’s Good Mixer pub which later counted Amy Winehouse and Britpop’s Oasis and Blur among its drinkers. California-based Richard Friedman, 73, took the photos during three visits to London as a young man in 1966, 1973 and 1977.
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Researchers are trying to figure out how to change your brain so you can learn like a kid again
Kids have amazing brains. They can pick up two languages in early childhood just as easily as...
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Composer Apologizes For Suing Hans Zimmer
Last year, TV and film composer Richard Friedman sued Hans Zimmer for copyright infringement, claiming that the main theme to 12 Years A Slave ripped off one of his works. The case was dismissed from a federal court in Los Angeles yesterday, and now, as the AP reports, Friedman has offered Zimmer a full apology,…
