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Mr. Roth before his Halcion days. (David Montgomery\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philip Roth<\/strong> wrote in to The Atlantic<\/em> to correct one line in Joseph O’Neill<\/strong>‘s “Roth v. Roth v. Roth,” which says Mr. Roth suffered a “crack-up” in his mid-50s. Actually he just had a nasty psychological reaction to a prescribed sedative.<\/p>\n

From his very personal correction: “After knee surgery in March 1987, when I was 54, I was prescribed the sleeping pill Halcion, a sedative hypnotic in the benzodiazepine class of medications that can induce a debilitating cluster of adverse effects, sometimes called \u201cHalcion madness.\u201d At the time it was prescribed post-operatively for me by the orthopedic surgeon, Halcion had already been taken off the market in Holland, Germany, and elsewhere because of extreme psychological side effects leading even to suicide.<\/p>\n

My own adverse reaction to Halcion, which corresponded to a clinically well-defined adverse reaction, one that has been exhaustively documented in the medical literature, started when I began taking the drug and resolved promptly when, with the helpful intervention of my family doctor, I stopped.” [The Atlantic]<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking of, The Atlanti<\/em>c hired Conde Nast’s corporate sales director, Hayley Romer<\/strong>, to serve as associate publisher. [via press release]<\/p>\n

Warren Buffett<\/strong>‘s Berkshire Hathaway will continue buying papers, according to this very touching memo to his editors and publishers. [Romenesko<\/a>]<\/p>\n

So maybe he should help out New Orleans’s\u00a0Times-Picayune<\/em>? They’re about to enact major layoffs and will stop publishing daily. [New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes<\/strong> and \u00a0News Corp.’s COO Chase Carey<\/strong> urged their cable operator colleagues to get online and on mobile faster. [Deadline<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Martha Stewart<\/strong>‘s five year ban from the board of her own company is over! She was named non-executive chairman. [AP<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Tucker Carlson<\/strong>‘s Daily Caller<\/em> is giving away guns engraved with the Bill of Rights. [Huffington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Tabloid editor turned CNN host Piers Morgan<\/strong> explained phonehacking to Jeremy Paxman in 2002. Oops. [NY Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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