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...scene, which was aired on TV news bulletins, is part of a new wave of violence against this urban tribe that has sprung up in Mexico in the last decade. The emo subculture probably existed in your high school before the term even bloomed, the latest movement on a continuum represented by goths in the '80s and alternative rockers in the '90s. In yearbooks, they're the kids who wear exaggerated haircuts and immerse themselves in moody music. In short: the kids jocks have been beating up for decades...
Gibbs spelled out so many of the issues that complicate the abortion and stem-cell debate. The bottom line is that life is a continuum. Once it has begun, once the DNA "spells" a human and the fertilized egg starts dividing, the only difference between it and the 10-month-old "product of conception" is time and nurture, not substance. I do not consider myself religious, but I do have compassion for life and see it as precious. I don't understand how otherwise compassionate people can think it's O.K. to end a life. Abortion and embryonic-stem-cell...
...been a professional skateboarder, an award-winning author, and a Harvard professor. What gets you the most bragging rights?BJ: I don’t know, do I have anything to brag about? It’s not so much about bragging rights. It’s almost a continuum of what invites the least amount of hassling from my friends. Maybe that should be a poll for your readers. Let them decide...
...aura of limpid, virtuous purity. But beneath that cloak, things get a little murky because in presenting the facts as he does, Baker is making an argument that he doesn't explicitly state. Does he really believe--as he seems to--that aerial bombing is on a moral continuum with Nazi genocide? And that Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews is comparable to Churchill's hatred of the Germans and Japanese? (We get Mrs. Churchill calling them "Nazi hogs" and "yellow Japanese lice" in a letter?) Or that the world would be a better place if--delirious fantasy--Europe...
...McCain draw a sharp line. Former Bush advisor Dan Bartlett says there'll be sufficient natural distance between the two thanks to the positions McCain has taken on issues like Iraq or climate change. "It's not going to be a jolt in the campaign as opposed to a continuum," Bartlett says...