Criticize vitamins and other supplements all you want, but vitamin D saved my marriage! My wife was diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) many years ago. At the time, the only treatment was use of a light box every morning, which was suppose to simulate summer sunlight. It didn't work, and every fall she would talk about dreading the approaching darkness of winter. By mid-February she was deeply depressed. The depression lifted dramatically on trips to sunny locales, but it...

The above analysis assumes that economic growth is "good;" that it is inherently desirable and should be pursued; and that economic measures and their relative distribution among the populace are the preferred way to evaluate policy decisions.

In fact economic growth may or may not be desirable depending on one's values. For example the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline extension. If you are the owner(s) its approval would most likely be considered positively. But if you have to...

I hope someone from the staff will follow up with a story about this teacher's special skills in using technology in the classroom (is it making a difference?) and in closing the achievement gap (what is the gap in a school district with few minorities?).

I think it's important to note that this sort of "health activism" is occurring in Britain, not the US, where mainstream medicine is beginning to acknowledge the psychological component of chronic fatigue. The diagnosis is easily confirmed with a simple test for adrenal insufficiency. Years of unrelenting stress cause the adrenal glands to become impaired, leading to physical exhaustion. An important component of treatment is to identify the major life stressors and then examine the...