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...Dying.” Across Massachusetts Avenue, the Coop is showcasing books from “Harry Potter” series, which has received its fair share of controversy. While the Square’s outlook may sway liberal, other parts of the country can still be somewhat skittish over certain titles. Accordingly, the American Library Association’s “Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2006” was a children’s picture book about the relationship between two male penguins titled “And Tango Makes Three...
...like Senator Larry Craig—take themselves too seriously. In operation since 1995, the anonymous community Web forum has played host to millions of postings in thousands of categories, ranging from “gigs” to “missed connections” to the somewhat worrisome “child-care.” Where else could a forum for “knitting & sewing” exist cheek by jowl with one for “kink & bdsm”? (Anywhere forums are categorized alphabetically, I suppose.) Craigslist standard policy gives each poster...
...conflict with their private desires. Many are married. Some are married couples who want someone to come to their home dressed as a cat. (“Please state in your response why you believe that you are qualified for this position,” ends the post, somewhat surprisingly.) But for others, like the scrawny, white, and heavily tattooed “Mr. Cool Ice,” there is a simpler reason. They don’t want to appear pathetic. And at least among those who know what Craigslist is, admitting posting or responding...
...have all seen, on a much smaller, almost incomparable scale, this yearning to be part of 9/11. Don't we all have relatives or friends who insisted, for years, on telling their own somewhat-less-than-impressive 9/11 stories at dinner parties, about how they'd been in the Trade Center themselves - in 1989; or how they'd watched CNN and felt that something awful was happening and called their husbands at work - in Chicago. If we're honest, we'll admit that many of us have those stories ourselves. We cling to them, in a slightly undignified but somehow...
...Anglican body disapproves of the American stance on homosexuality but, nevertheless, takes about a third of its funds from its U.S. affiliate. In the first few days of their parley they met with Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Communion's embattled titular head, who has become somewhat adept at the art of forestalling a schismatic confrontation. Consistent with this goal, Williams, who didn't stay for the final vote, clearly tried to take the pressure off the conference by saying that there was "no ultimatum involved" in the Communion's demand...