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...routinely, if hilariously, cruel (the sweet jock is described as so dumb, "he's cheating off a girl who thinks the square root of 4 is rainbows"). But no darker current--let alone motivation for parental monitoring--had occurred to me until I recently heard a bright, earnest youth minister tell a group of high school kids that he thought Glee was "anti-Christian...
...Houben's method of communication caused controversy? "Facilitated communication," as it's called, is a hotly disputed method. Studies on its use in autistic patients have shown that caregivers - often in an earnest desire to help the patient - are sometimes themselves controlling the typing. Some of the news footage of Houben appears to show him and his therapist typing on his computer screen with his eyes closed. Earlier this week, Arthur Caplan, a bioethics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, told The Associated Press that Houben's communication was "Ouija board stuff. It's been discredited time and time again...
...dish’s creation, inexpensive and largely overlooked in the United States. Tossed in a thin, crunchy batter and deep-fried, the juicy oysters, drenched in tangy remoulade, burst with flavor and steam heavily when they split open. Tupelo’s were, in our friendly and earnest waiter’s humble opinion, the best in the Boston area. Despite limited experience with Boston’s fried oysters, I’m inclined to agree with...
...Battle Studies,” Mayer no longer sports the sheepish grin and earnest tone that brought humor to otherwise disheartening songs like the 2001 hit “Why Georgia.” On “War of My Life,” he mourns, “I’m in the war of my life / I’m at the core of my life / Got no choice but to fight till it’s done.” With his new set, Mayer digs deeper into his own soul to expose...
Going Rogue is part cagey spin, part earnest autobiography, part payback...