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...first heard of Turpin’s death late one February night on a conservative radio talk show. I’ll never forget what one of the commentators said. He kept repeating, “Aren’t boxers supposed to be tough?” Callers then chimed in, calling Turpin weak and unmanly. These people don’t know what tough...
...course, the radio show commentator and callers weren’t calling Turpin weak because of his background. They were calling him weak because he killed himself. To them, suicide was a sign of fragility. It is not, and I know because I have battled depression myself...
...Finally, for those that called in to that radio show, those of you who believe depression is a sign of weakness, I want you to think if you would ever call a cancer victim or someone suffering from AIDS weak. Cancer, AIDS, depression, and other mental illnesses are all sicknesses, and those who suffer from any of these ailments should not be belittled...
Following Spitzer's playbook, the SEC intends to launch more probes of suspicious practices even if they are widely used and have "no clear road map to wrongdoing," Stephen Cutler, head of the enforcement division, has said. Next up may be radio, where Spitzer is looking into kickbacks for airtime. Greenberg, meanwhile, is still worth $3.2 billion, according to Forbes, and for now remains at AIG as chairman. But "the most powerful executive in the history of insurance is no longer CEO of his company," says analyst Andrew Kligerman at UBS. "That sends a very clear message." "Everybody does...
...Cultural Revolution, Shan, a Beijing native, was banished there for six years. By day, he sweated under the blistering sun, tilling the soil and herding cattle?or healing villagers as one of Mao's famous "barefoot doctors." At night, he listened to Voice of America on a small radio, studied an English dictionary and hoped for something better. "When you have a job in the Gobi with absolutely no hope and no future, you learn to be patient," Shan says...