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...Holocaust studies, there is a school of thought that says to explain is to forgive. I won't go that far. But we must stop explaining killers on their terms. Minus the clear context of narcissism, the biographical details of these men can begin to look like a plausible chain of cause and effect--especially to other narcissists. And they don't need any more encouragement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's All About Him | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...nappy-headed hos” of Rutgers women’s basketball, his equally egregious remarks were met with an unusual amount of public disdain and, in the end, dismissal. It remains impossible to predict which instances of insult will stop being benign to American audiences and begin to offend. Amid the furor over Imus’s own misstep, we must acknowledge that the onus of accountability extends well beyond the shoulders of one desiccated fake cowboy, brought up in a world where grime is money...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Imus’s Accomplice | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...morning will continue to reverberate across the entire country for a long time to come. At colleges and universities, the magnitude and nature of the massacre at Tech has struck a particularly raw nerve. Here at Harvard we know the pain of losing one of our own; we cannot begin to imagine the devastation of losing 33 all at once. More horrifying than simply the heartbreaking loss of life is the sense of violation that comes with this type of unconscionable act. Much like the 1999 Columbine shootings that occurred in the familiar hallways, cafeteria, and library of a community...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Incomprehensible | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...each other, perhaps if they were, our deaths would not be so sad.” Cho Seung-Hui, the gunman who on Monday shot and killed 32 of his Virginia Tech classmates before killing himself, was not good to others. Perhaps others were not good to him to begin with. Somehow, none of that seems to matter...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Why We Need Good | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...other Canadian cities. "If there is one thing I do not want as a Torontonian, it is a one-way ticket to Ottawa," wrote popular Toronto Star columnist Joey Slinger. "You couldn't sell me one for 79 cents." How about to New York? Porter has applied to begin operating flights to Newark's Liberty International Airport. The U.S. Department of Transportation is reviewing the application, and will factor in objections from Air Canada, Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines, among others, which argue Porter has an unfair "monopoly" on flights from Toronto City Airport. These airlines also want to compete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why a Downtown Airline Isn't Taking Off | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

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