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Drawn Lines – Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/weekinreview/10carey.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


AN expression of true love or raw hatred, of purest faith or mortal sin, of courageous loyalty or selfish cowardice: The act of suicide has meant many things to many people through history, from the fifth-century Christian martyrs to the Samurais’ hara-kiri to more recent literary divas, Hemingway, Plath, Sexton.

But now the shadow of suicide has slipped into the corridors of modern medicine as a potential drug side effect, where it is creating a scientific debate as divisive and confounding as any religious clash.

Unhinged Coulter Uses Hitler Analogy To Bash McCain

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/08/unhinged-coulter-uses-hit_n_85778.html

“A serious case could be made to support Hillary Clinton,” she [Ann Coulter] declared, offering the analogy of Winston Churchill backing Stalin in the fight against Hitler in WWII. “I’m not equating Hillary Clinton to Stalin, and if I did I apologize to Stalin’s descendents… I’m not comparing McCain to Hitler. Hitler had a coherent tax policy.”

Banned From YouTube: Parody Guitar Videos | Underwire | Wired.com

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/02/watch-the-parod.html

From the page: “Earlier this week, YouTube pulled the plug on funnyman and media artist Santeri Ojala, whose hilarious and popular “shredding” videos poke fun at the world’s great guitar players.

YouTube said it received three complaints of copyright infringement and automatically suspended Ojala’s account.”

Blog: Wal-Mart Continues to Sell Controversial Baby Bottle | Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers | Employee Free Choice Act

http://walmartwatch.com/blog/archives/wal_mart_continues_to_sell_controversial_baby_bottle/

Outrage surrounding new reports on the safety of plastic used to make some baby bottles has parents angry at retailers like Wal-Mart. Concerns that bottle plastic leaches chemicals into baby formula have popped up in dozens of news sources over the last few days. Now, parents are pointing fingers at Wal-Mart for continuing to sell the products despite the dangers.