Opinion

Online 'Shaming' A New Level Of Cyberbullying For Girls

6:19pm January 07, 2013

by Temitayo Fagbenle

Many teenagers are living half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend 16-year-old Temitayo Fagbenle finds disturbing is something she calls "slut shaming" — using photos and videos to turn a girl's private life inside out.

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Op-Ed: Nominating Sec. Of State, A Chance To Assess Foreign Policy

1:44pm January 04, 2013

President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for Secretary of State during his second term. In a piece in the Washington Post, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, lays out a number of key questions the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should ask the nominee.

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Roll of dollars on a blackboard with football strategy planning.

Sports

New Jersey Tries To Horn In On Nevada's Gambling Turf

11:16am January 02, 2013

by Frank Deford

Sports betting happens every day. But betting on the outcome of a professional game is legal only in Nevada because of a 1992 federal law. Morning Edition's commentator says that's not just unconstitutional — it also defies the reality of illegal betting on sports.

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John Cruitt reunited with his third-grade teacher, Cecile Doyle, to tell her about the impact she had on him as he coped with his mother's death.

National

Decades Later, Student Finds Teacher To Say 'Thank You'

7:45am December 28, 2012

When John Cruitt's mother died, his teacher was there to help him cope. More than 50 years later, Cruitt sought to find the woman who, he says, changed his life.

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Arts

At The End Of The Day, Cliches Can Be As Good As Gold

2:23pm December 27, 2012

Cliches are often criticized as the most overused and contemptible phrases in the English language. But writer Hephzibah Anderson says there are times when cliches are not only useful, but also create a sense of camaraderie. And sometimes, she writes in Prospect magazine, only a cliche will do.

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Visitors at the Chichen Itza archaeological park in Yucatan state, Mexico, celebrate the end of the Mayan calendar cycle. Even a failed apocalypse has value, in reminding us that life is fragile and unpredictable.

The Mayan Apocalypse: Worthwhile, In Hindsight

11:40am December 26, 2012

by Scott Simon

Yesterday came and went, but I never finished Ulysses. I never took up skydiving. Come to think of it, I didn't even really finish cleaning up my closet before the "Mayan Apocalypse." Yet even a failed apocalypse still has value, in reminding us that life is fleeting, fragile and unpredictable.

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Books
Arts

Recipe Rebellion: A Year Of Contrarian Cookbooks

4:20pm December 25, 2012

The rebels, rule breakers and renegades who rule this year's Top 10 list aren't looking for a Ph.D. in Traditional Cooking. They're pleasure seekers whose books are filled with quirky facts, gorgeous pictures and ingredients deployed in unexpected places.

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The grief a bereaved parent feels resides deep within and is individually expressed. Different people respond in different ways.

When Someone You Know Loses A Child

9:21pm December 21, 2012

by Linton Weeks

Nothing is enough to ease a parent's pain in losing a child, but simple gestures of kindness and concern are still welcome even in the depths of grief.

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Letters: Southern Baptist Convention Leader On Guns

10:18pm December 20, 2012

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read emails from listeners about an interview with Dr. Richard Land, director of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, about guns.

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Forget YOLO: Why 'Big Data' Should Be The Word Of The Year

4:18pm December 20, 2012

by Geoff Nunberg

"Big Data" had just as much to do with President Obama's victory as phrases like "Etch A Sketch" and "47 percent," says linguist Geoff Nunberg. Big Data is also behind anxieties about intrusions on our privacy, whether from the government's anti-terrorist data sweeps or the ads that track us on the Web.

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