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To best help our country's children, we, as parents and professionals, need to look beyond the increasing polarization on the "to drug or not to drug" issue. We need to recognize the deeper both/and message that underlies the increasingly fervent debate about whether kids should be medicated for ADHD. Even Dr. Koplewicz admits that that serious stress in a child's environment -- ranging from abuse and neglect, to inconsistent discipline, marital problems, and financial issues -- can result in a child's having problems

A few days ago the Salt Lake Tribune's front page headline declared, "Highest rate in the nation, 1 in 32 Utah boys has autism."  This is a national public health emergency, whose epicenter is Utah, Gov. Herbert.  A more obscure story on the same day read: "New pesticides linked to bee population collapse."  If you eat food, and hope to do so in the future, this is another national emergency, Pres. Obama.  A common  denominator may underlie both headlines.  The autism epidemic and disappearing bees are real public health emergencies created by allowing our world to be overwhelmed by environmental toxins. 

Great discussion piece... good for TOK and beyonmd... Good for a staff discussion... . I like #1, 2 (especially for Mulgrave! I want access like Starbucks!), 4 (go Wikipedia), 5 (go Facebook),  #6 is Mulgrave's moment. Love #8: If you were a video game, no one would play you -- feedback is too slow. But I'm slow anyways 

The services provided by nature and the qualities that contribute to human well-being are still invisible in the marketplace. Because we have elevated economics above everything else, this is dangerous. When you have a society that largely equates the quality of life with economic indicators, such as gross domestic product, and those indicators fail to track the health of its fundamental inputs, you end up on shaky ground.