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An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a new report. About one-third of adults report symptoms of insomnia and approximately 10 percent meet diagnostic criteria for an insomnia disorder, according to background information in the article. The condition decreases quality of life, impairs daytime functioning, has personal and public health consequences and results in an estimated $41 billion in reduced productivity every year. Cognitive behavioral therapy—a psychological treatment focusing on the behaviors and dysfunctional thoughts that contribute to sleep problems—is one of the most effective treatments for insomnia....

There has been the normal inside baseball whispering in advance of Kerry's speech — too much Shrum influence; too little Shrum influence; the speech had 12 or more kitchen sink contributors; Kerry didn't practice enough; editing was taking place until the last minute. We have no idea whether any of that stuff is true (OK: we actually DO know that some of it is true … ), and/but we don't think it matters even if it were. John Kerry is famous for finishing strong at the end of tough campaigns in order to win. So one way to think about...