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  • Ritalin Doctor Questions Using Drugs to Treat ADHD

    Ritalin Doctor Questions Using Drugs to Treat ADHD1

    Ever had a friend jump from one subject to another and then explain their distraction by joking that they have ADHD? The fact that lots of us have indicates how commonplace the ADHD diagnosis has become. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 11 percent of children were diagnosed with the condition

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  • Why Did Duterte Call Obama a ‘Son of a Whore’?

    Why Did Duterte Call Obama a ‘Son of a Whore’?0

    The president of the Philippines, Rodrgio Duterte, is raising the profile of his country in the international news media in a way only he can. In a warning to US President Barack Obama to stay off the subject of extrajudicial killings of drug trafficikers, he apparently called his American counterpart a “son of a whore”.

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  • Debunking the Math Myth

    Debunking the Math Myth0

    The math myth is the myth that the future of the American economy is dependent upon the masses having higher mathematics skills. This myth goes back to at least Sputnik, when the Russians were going to surpass us because they were better in math and science. It returned in the late 80’s when the Germans

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  • How ‘Star Trek’ Almost Failed to Launch

    How ‘Star Trek’ Almost Failed to Launch0

    Fifty years ago – on Sept. 8, 1966 – TV viewers were transfixed by the appearance on screen of a green-hued, pointy-eared alien called Spock. But beneath the makeup, actor Leonard Nimoy fretted that this would be the end of his promising career. “How can I play a character without emotion?” he asked his boss,

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  • How Livy Predicted the Fall of America

    How Livy Predicted the Fall of America0

    • September 7, 2016

    Can you imagine a Roman republican, reborn, walking the streets of Philadelphia in 1776? Or how about Lexington in 1775? Or perhaps Boston in 1765? What would he think of the American fondness for Rome and her republicanism? What would the Americans think of him? I am guessing that an American republican would be much

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  • UK to Construct Wall to Stem Flow of Illegal Immigrants

    UK to Construct Wall to Stem Flow of Illegal Immigrants0

    Walls, it seems, are back in style.  At least in Europe. Via the BBC: Dubbed the “Great Wall of Calais” by some media, the 4m (13ft) wall will run for 1km (0.6 miles) along both sides of the main road to Calais port. [United Kingdom] Home Office minister Robert Goodwill said security was being “stepped

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