Six of the Best 470
Friday, October 24, 2014
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University tuition fees must be high on the agenda before the election, argues Dorothy Bishop on the Council for the Defence of British Universities site.
"The rise of ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions for stimulants over the years coincided with a remarkably successful two-decade campaign by pharmaceutical companies to publicize the syndrome and promote the pills to doctors, educators and parents. With the children’s market booming, the industry is now employing similar marketing techniques as it focuses on adult ADHD, which could become even more profitable." A New York Times article by Alan Schwarz quotes the views of Professor Emeritus Keith Conners.
The RSPB warns against putting dredging ahead of other flood-prevention measures.
Philosophy for Life looks at Iris Murdoch's techniques of "unselfing" in her novels and philosophical writings.
It starts with a photograph and ends with murder. A remarkable post on 1960s London from Crime Time.
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