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...lacrosse, there are goalies and then there are monsters. Senior goalie Jake McKenna was the latter on Saturday, racking up 15 saves to lead the men’s lacrosse team to a startling 11-7 victory over the 14th-ranked UMass...
...Latter Days...
...apology. Blair does apologize, but he couches the mea culpa in so many excuses that he hardly seems repentant. Among his many rationalizations, Blair blames a hostile environment at the Times and an escalating addiction to cocaine. But readers would have more sympathy for Blair’s latter excuse, at least, if he didn’t seem to take pride in his vices. Responding to an editor who asked, “Was Jayson drunk when he wrote that?” Blair writes, “In fact, I was drunk and high...
...even there, I felt the influence of the mafia. You see, each mafia strike is a calculated risk, designed to thrust as much grunt work on others as possible, while simultaneously molding residents into complete dependency. The handyman in my building had realized this latter task flawlessly, rendering tenants incapable of accomplishing anything by themselves. On one occasion I was beckoned upstairs by a distraught woman who needed the help of the electrician. When I informed her that he had left for the day and offered my services, she questioned my ability to successfully perform the task. After an arduous...
...public debate over stem cells is currently hindered by the absence of a common lexicon with which to delineate the profound ethical questions involved. For example: Are frozen embryos whole human beings, or are they somehow less than human? If the latter, when do embryos officially pass the threshold of “personhood”? Moreover, if blastocysts are not miniscule human lives, then what exactly are they...