Scenes From Londonistan

Is the UK the only place on the planet where a peaceful demonstrator can be attacked, bitten, have his face ripped -- and then be charged with the same crime as his assailant? Is the UK the only place on earth where a peaceful demonstrator can be attacked, bitten, have his face ripped -- and …

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Written by David Frum on Wednesday June 22, 2011

Is Baltimore Bouncing Back?

As a new resident of Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood, my impression of the city has done a complete one-eighty. Thanks to popular shows like The Wire , Baltimore isn’t exactly known for being a thriving metropolis.  After four years as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, …

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Written by Rachel Ryan on Sunday June 12, 2011

Every Parent's Online Nightmare

Former Friends star David Schwimmer's latest directorial win, Trust , is a hard to digest but important look at a teen who falls victim to an online predator. While Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow built solid careers on the silver screen, and Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry have lit up screens …

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Written by Telly Davidson on Friday April 8, 2011

Prison Rape: Not Inevitable

If U.S. prisons adopted better security standards we could halve the number of sexually abused inmates. Why then aren't these standards being adopted? Some US prisons do a much better job than others of protecting inmates from sexual abuse. In the current New York Review of Books ,  David …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 8, 2011