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Best looking candidates win? Lookism research says yes.

October 3, 2015 By Karl Leave a Comment

Diagram of Turnbull's face.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sept 17 that science suggests why certain politicians win election to the highest offices in the land. Might this come into play in the GOP primaries here in the US? 'You betcha,' to use one of the fave … [Continue reading]

Cleft lip and palate for Dummies.

September 26, 2015 By Karl 2 Comments

Child with cleft lip and palate.

 Am pleased to announce I've added an important new resource to my website. It's Wikipedia's latest info about clefts which is useful for Dummies—people who know next to nothing about clefts. But, wait, there's enough info that cleft-afflicted people … [Continue reading]

Facial Discrimination* and ‘Weight Bias’ gone wild.

September 20, 2015 By Karl 4 Comments

Carly_Fiorina_in_dark blue talking into a mic.

GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump won a place in the crowded facial discrimination Hall of Shame last week. In a recent Rolling Stone article, he criticized fellow candidate Carly Fiorina's looks as he argued why she could never be president. … [Continue reading]

Announcing the Launch of an art gallery.

September 13, 2015 By Karl Leave a Comment

Attractive woman in blue top smiling in front of mountains in the distance. Painting by Karl Schonborn of his sister-in-law.

World premiere.It's opening night (or day, depending on your time zone ) for a new art gallery.Kinda exciting.  After hoping to do something like this for years, the stars aligned and a gallery for paintings and prints materialized.Click here for the … [Continue reading]

King Tut cont’d. Plus, was (step) mom Nefertiti photoshopped?

September 5, 2015 By Karl Leave a Comment

Famous bust of Queen Nefertiti from Pharaoh period.

A little backstory before we address the question raised in the last blog (why King Tut was born with a cleft and a clubfoot?) and the question of photoshopping Nefertiti, playing fast and loose with her looks. I Luxored out and got to see Tut's … [Continue reading]

TV series makes cleft palate king a warrior. Fail!

August 30, 2015 By Karl Leave a Comment

Ideal vs Real Tut face.

The recent Spike miniseries, "Tut," takes considerable liberties with the science and limited knowledge we have of the Boy King.  We know very little for sure about Tut. Here's what we do know:King Tutankhamun was born in 1341 B.C. and died in 1323 … [Continue reading]

Heroines, bullies, and Batgirl’s final bow as a hero.

August 23, 2015 By Karl Leave a Comment

As I noted earlier in the week on various social media,  Batgirl, whose face graces my "Heroes, Villains, and Fools" home page, has died.  Ms Craig was a heroine to the kids of prior generations who were unused to superheroes at every turn. … [Continue reading]

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Privileged Killers

 

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Schonborn’s courage and candor are impressive as he tells of trying to become ‘normal’ despite endless visits to the doctors and speech therapists who give him a fighting chance at proving naysayers wrong

— Rhoda Agin, PhD

Recent Blogs

  • Mangione’s Proposed EED Defense
  • Celebrities Who Killed People -Some Surprises
  • Soc-psych aspects of white-collar crime
  • “Dissociation (MPD)” resulted as Psychopathic Dad Trafficked her.
  • What to Watch After Netflix’s YOU Series Ends.

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Photos from the start of Cleft Heart , from the next part, the next, and from the end of the book.

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Luigi Mangione

Mangione’s Proposed EED Defense

One of the killers in my Privileged Killers was the son of a renowned San Francisco, and –no surprise– he got off easy using an insanity defense back in the early 1970s after terrorizing the city for months. While Luigi Mangione isn't charged with serial killings (just killing the CEO of … [Read More...]

Celebrities Who Killed People -Some Surprises

    In one of my recent criminology books,Privileged Killers, I examined a celebrity who killed someone: Ira Einhorn was the wellknown  "Prince of Nonviolence" in Philly in the '60s and '70s and even ran for mayor of the City of Brotherly Love. Einhorn blamed others for killing … [Read More...]

White-colar crime

Soc-psych aspects of white-collar crime

  Sociological & Psychological aspects. With large scale corruption soon to be unleashed on us as business regulators have been sent packing by the Trump administration, we should refresh ourselves as to what constitutes white  collar crime. It does range from executives in … [Read More...]

Dissociation

“Dissociation (MPD)” resulted as Psychopathic Dad Trafficked her.

  I've written a good deal about the violent consequences of psychopathic behavior: here and here. And while I write about some of the the nonviolent consequences in my book Privileged Killers, I've not written about the dissociation result. As many celebrate the great things dads do on … [Read More...]

Joe Greenberg In YOU

What to Watch After Netflix’s YOU Series Ends.

You may know that one of my murdering "friends" in my true crime book, Privileged Killers, is a serial killer. If you don't know that, you undoubtedly know that countless Americans tune into serial killers when and wherever they can. The hit series You, is no exception.It features this cage room … [Read More...]

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