“When we refuse to see the human in the monster, we all suffer.”

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This is a comment by KKZ on the post “Men and Goodness”.

“Chris Brown is SUPPOSED to be convincing us beyond any shadow of a doubt that he will never do something like he did to Rihanna ever again.”

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This is a comment by Grey Aiken on the post “Chris Brown’s Twitter Deactivated After Tweet War with Comedy Writer”.

Justice Going to Pot

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Our Minnesotan boys in blue have been caught green-handed pulling some peculiar police work.

“In developed nations gun ownership levels directly correlate with the number of firearm murders.”

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This is a comment by John Smith on the post “Incentivizing Violence: When Will the Insanity End!?”

“Maybe your meddling will save lives. Maybe it will prevent him from doing it again.”

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These are comments by mike sullivan, Rihannon, and Jo on the post “I Know Who Raped You This Morning”.

“A good friend of mine sexually assaulted a woman that was a member of our mutual friends.”

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This is a comment by Anonymous on the post “I Know Who You Raped Last Summer”.

“Before his suicide, my grandson asked me if Amherst would have handled the assault differently if he was female.”

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This is a comment by Martin Robbins on the post “The Death of Innocence at Amherst College”.

Men Who were Abused as Boys

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By reducing those who sexually abuse men and boys to “Sanduskys”, we put a generic face on a very real problem.

Ten things I’ve learned from watching “The Wire”

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Josh Bowman writes about many of the lessons he has learned from watching David Simon’s masterpiece, The Wire.

Running: A Poem

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David Karpel tells an American story of persecution and flight: a family that can’t stop running.

Detective Dames Prove Mystery-Solving Can Be Sexy

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Tara Block gives us a list of the best beauty, brains, and mystery in entertainment.

Why I Purchased My First Hand Gun

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One man from an anti-gun culture comes to embrace firearms and the responsibility and freedom they embody.

The Hidden Stress We’re Afraid to Address

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Are you sick of everyone? As the population grows, so do the stressors on the earth and one another.

A (Potentially) Good Man vs. the World

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In Ryan Björklund’s latest story, a bad man receives an unexpected second chance at a first start.

Graphic Tales of Larceny

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Matthew Parker’s graphic novel illustrates his personal journey from heroin addiction and petty crime to the Columbia MFA program.

Blackmail in the Digital Age

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How would one conduct blackmail in the digital age, in which the idea of an ‘original copy’ is meaningless? Carl Pettit considers this theoretical dilemma.