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...Angeles Lakers guard will stand trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a Colorado resort worker over the summer. He claims the two had consensual sex. She claims otherwise. But the outcome in this case is ultimately less relevant than the overarching impact of the trial, which will extend far beyond Eagle County and the Lakers’ line-up. The Kobe Bryant case has made headlines across the country and millions of people—for better or worse—will be following it closely. What actually happened inside that Colorado hotel room may never be known?...
...rape is one of the most powerful accusations a woman can make. Even if the claim is completely fallacious, a rape charge will undoubtedly undermine a man’s credibility for the rest of his life. Allegations should always be handled with utmost sensitivity. But this must extend to both sides. Defendants deserve a fair trial, and the alleged victims deserve to be treated considerately. Unfortunately, this necessary level of prudence has been conspicuously absent from the Bryant trial...
...Catholic Church as having been “sinful” and, as a result, are essentially sentenced to a lifetime of hard labor and abuse at the hands of the Sisters of Mercy in what was known as a Magdalene Laundry. The sins of these women extend from the merely unthinkable—flirting with boys—to the purely satanic bearing a child out of wedlock or being raped by one’s cousin. In reprisal for these transgressions, the nuns of the Laundry subject the women to humiliation, threats of eternal damnation, and pure outright...
...address, University President Lawrence H. Summers proclaimed, “today, when we say that the University is a place of veritas, we mean that we are open to all ideas, no matter what their source.” But it seems that his high-minded proclamation did not extend to last month’s 25th anniversary of the rededication of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG)—a ceremony at which I was prohibited from carrying my country’s flag in a procession of students ostensibly representative of the students and staff...
...this way—we would have passed up a wonderful opportunity to extend that rivalry had we missed the chance,” said Friedman, who declined further comment on the topic...