Month: October 2010

Or, “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” Spanish has two verbs which are translated into English as “is”: estar and ser. These verbs are, import...

In the wake of recent high-profile suicides of young adults over sexual orientation, the media has been buzzing with words like “surge” and “b...

I was just commenting to my wife that I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the media has suddenly noticed a “surge” in gay teen suicide...

I think we may be losing sight, in the wake of incidents such as the Tyler Clementi suicide, of what “bullying” really is. For instance, I’ve ...

The national media’s attention is currently on the plight of young gay men who choose to commit suicide, and the social forces that encourage that decisio...