What Aaron Sorkin Got Right (And Wrong) in The Newsroom
A veteran TV news producer picks over the pros and cons of HBO’s newest drama.
Does Your Child Really Have ADHD?
“Sleep disorders may contribute to behaviors that resemble ADHD during the day,” says Kevin Smith, a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Mo. A study published in March in Pediatrics analyzed more than 11,000 children over a period of six years, beginning at 6 months of age, and revealed that children suffering from sleep-disordered breathing—including snoring, breathing through the mouth, and apnea, where the child seems to stop breathing for several seconds at a time—had a higher incidence of behavioral and emotional issues such as hyperactivity, aggressiveness, depression, and anxiety. In fact, they were 50 to 90 percent more likely to develop ADHD-like symptoms than were normal breathers. And those children who suffered most severely from all three sleep-disordered breathing behaviors at around age 2 and a half had the highest risk for hyperactivity.
Government Increasingly Asking Google for User Data
Government entities are increasingly asking Google for user information to use in crime prosecution, according to the company’s recently-released transparency report.
User-data requests by local, state, and federal government entities increased from 8,888 in 2010 to 12,271 in 2011, a 38 percent jump. The 2011 requests accounted for more than 23,000 user accounts, and Google complied on 93 percent of the requests.
Obama Heckled By Daily Caller Reporter During Immigration Speech In Rose Garden
Before walking out of the Rose Garden, the heckler yelled out that he was an immigrant himself….Munro’s Twitter bio reads, in part: “Born Irish, then became a Cold War bridegroom.”
RNC Latino Site Features Stock Photo of Asian Children
RNCLatinos.com features as its main image a stock photo from Shutterstock, which tags the photo with keywords that clearly suggest the kids are Asian, including: “asia,” “asian,” “interracial,” “japanese,” and “thailand.”
10 Best Cities to be a Pet
Based on average monthly pet spending. Number one is Scottsdale.
“This mission heralds the dawn of a new era of space exploration, one in which there is a significant commercial space element,” Musk said. He said space travel is like “the Internet in the mid-1990s,” when commercial companies rapidly introduced new innovations to what was a government-controlled market. “I hope and I believe that this mission will be historic in marking that turning point towards a rapid advancement in space transportation technology,” Musk said.”
12 Best Summer Vacations, from U.S. News Travel. Pictured above: Elia Beach, Mykonos, Greece.
Ron Paul Will Stop Actively Campaigning
“Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted. Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have. I encourage all supporters of Liberty to make sure you get to the polls and make your voices heard, particularly in the local, state, and Congressional elections, where so many defenders of Freedom are fighting and need your support.”
