Oct
9
2010
The national heartbreak and ongoing furor over the suicide of Tyler Clementi, the New Jersey college freshman who was humiliated when two other students secretly videotaped and broadcast on the Internet his tryst with another man, has cast a harsh light on the scourge of bullying, especially when it targets gay and lesbian youth. But [...]
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Jul
10
2010
News that the pugnacious atheist Christopher Hitchens is battling a life-threatening cancer has led to an outpouring of sympathy from believers who, in better times, have clashed mightily with the author of the best-selling book, “God Is Not Great,” as well as many other blasts against religion. But even as Hitchens’ foes lament his suffering, [...]
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