Author: artsmuklermd

Art Smukler, MD was born and raised in Philadelphia, went to college and medical school in Pennsylvania, and completed his psychiatric training at UCLA. He is a board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in the treatment of adults with a subspecialty in adolescents. As a member of the UCLA faculty, he ran an award-winning psychotherapy conference for psychiatric residents and received the coveted “Golden Ear” award. He has published in psychiatric journals, and won the award for excellence in creative writing at The Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Now a full-time author, he applies his deep understanding of the human psyche to the motivations of his fictional characters.

It Cost Mr. Musk 288 million but finally he got it right, by Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in Writing

Elon Musk donated 288 million dollars to the Trump campaign.

Everyone I know donated nothing.

We all came out with the same conclusion. When you support a narcissist the only thing you can expect is that he will do ONLY what benefits him. Only, only, only him… At least Elon changed the world, in a positive way, with the greatest electric car ever made. When he focuses back on Tesla it can only get better.

Thank you for reading.

Don’t forget to buy lots of my books so I can continue to donate nothing to MAGA and have extra to buy a muffin with my coffee…

#elonandtrump, #MAGAloses, #artsmuklermd, #artsmuklersbooks

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Wolves and Politicians, the power of immunity, by Art Smukler, MD, author & psychiatrist

by artsmuklermd, posted in Bullying, Politics, Psychiatry, Self Examination, World events, a psychological view

Ranchers in Northern California are begging state officials to approve measures to protect their cattle. There have been 30 confirmed wolf attacks in the last two months, since March 18, 2025. State law can fine ranchers $100,000 and a year in jail if they kill a wolf, now classified as an endangered species.

Many American citizens are begging federal officials to stand up to our duly elected president who daily does whatever he wants – market-shattering tariffs, deportation of innocent people, pardoning known criminals, gutting medical research, undermining a century of medical health knowledge, verbally attacking foreign leaders and anyone who disagrees with him, destroying a world-wide attempt to control global warming so fossil fuel and mining interests can have their way.

Like the helpless cattle who are slaughtered by wily wolves, our democracy is being slaughtered by a wily predator.

One difference between cattle and law-abiding citizens… WE ARE NOT HELPLESS. We must get our elected officials to stop voting in their own interest and vote in the interest of our shaky democracy and a world that is mutually dependent on finding reasonable solutions to living in harmony.

Thanks for reading.

Art Smukler

#problemwolves, #problemdemocracy, #artsmuklermd, #insidethemindofapsychiatrist