A few years ago I wrote a positive story about a guy I knew. He was a nice guy and it was a nice story. Then a woman called me a week or two after it was published. She wasn’t angry with me, she said, but she wanted me to know that the guy I’d just profiled had raped her. She didn’t tell me the details of what had happened, and I didn’t ask. I did ask her if she ever contacted … [Read more...] about We have a difficult conversation about sexual assault and how men can be better
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NOTW: Congressional chip envy, asparagus worshipers and a really clever cheater
TROUBLING AIRWAVES A country-and-western radio station in Benson, Arizona (near Tucson), owned by Paul Lotsof, has periodically run “public service announcements” about one of Lotsof’s pet peeves: the harsh sentences usually given to mere “collectors” of child pornography. Many, he believes, are non-dangerous, daydreaming hermits–but often imprisoned for long stretches. Thus, … [Read more...] about NOTW: Congressional chip envy, asparagus worshipers and a really clever cheater