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Our Sports Heroes Are Criminals

For years crimes against children have been perpetrated. For years domestic violence has existed, but not until our sports heroes were revealed as perpetrators has it caused a national media storm like it has right now. Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, and Adrian Peterson are just some of the athletes who have been revered and looked…

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Protecting Our Daughters from Campus Rape

In 1983, I was a Harvard freshman. I was happy to be at Harvard, naturally. Harvard was pleased too, mostly because the college, which had welcomed female students for only 11 years, had recently taken progressive steps to protect us from being raped on campus. During freshman orientation, the campus police proudly showed female students all the blue light phones that had been installed on campus walkways. If you ran to the phone at night …

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The Nut Job [Film Review]

Looking for a family-friendly movie that your kids will love? Check out The Nut Job, an animated comedy about the animals in Liberty Park who are facing a food shortage before winter.Here’s the story: Surly the Squirrel (voiced by Will Arnett) refuses to be a team player – as his name suggests – and tries to find food only for himself, instead of for the whole group.But after he inadvertently causes the tree storing …