When does a deficiency become a disorder? The makers of prescription drugs think they have something to offer adults with short attention spans, and if you’re already spacing out, Eli Lilly’s Strattera® may be for you. Or maybe you just need to get a more interesting job. Also: democracy in Iraq and in New York schools, an international young people’s dialogue, and Joey Ramone Place.
Raucus Caucus
Leslie Gelb former Editorial page editor for the New York Times and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations on Iraqi resistance to the US plan for Caucus-style elections
Exporting Democracy to the Parent Councils?
Cecilia Blewer Co-president of the upper west side's P.S. 163 PTA explains why some parents think the current plan on how to elect the public school parent councils is unfair
Ritalin: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
Dr. John Ratey Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author, A User's Guide to the Brain (Vintage, 2002) and Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood (Pantheon Books,1994) on adults suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder
The Global Village
Judith Sloan director of EarSay's Cross-Cultural Dialogue Through the Arts, creating artistic collaborations between disparate communities on a Queens project involving students from around the world and Syliva Gonzalez Peruvian student at Queens International High School and Nergies Khwaja Afghanistan student at Queens International High School and Rachel Japko Jewish ...
Rock, Rock, Rock and Roll Crossroad
Monte Melnick tour manager of the Ramones for 22 years--from the first concert to the last--and author with Frank Meyer: On The Road With The Ramones, Sanctuary Publishing, November 2003 on yesterday's christening of "Joey Ramone Place" on the Bowery