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...actually haunt him. "My mom, my mom/ I know you're probably tired of hearing about my mom," he sighs on "My Mom," and since even people who know almost nothing about Eminem are aware that he and his mother are not close, you prepare for the worst. But rather than self-pitying, the tale of how Mom launched her misbehaving son's drug problems by dosing him with Valium turns out to be tragic, squirm-inducing and funny: "All right, Ma, you win, I don't feel like arguin'/ I'll do it, pop and gobble it and start...
...Exercising now, while you’re young, is good. Seems obvious, right? But the fun fact is that your current exercise habits are actually a better indicator of your future emotional rather than physical health...
Expressions of shock and betrayal flowed from human rights groups against President Barack Obama last week after it was announced that some Guantanamo Bay terror suspects would continue to be tried by military commissions rather than conventional federal courts. "President Obama is backtracking dangerously on his reform agenda," warned Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth. The head of the American Civil Liberties Union, Anthony Romero, called Obama's announcement "absurd," adding, "These tribunals have no place in our democracy." (Read "Obama Orders Gitmo Closed. Now the Hard Part...
...understand this when he spoke at Notre Dame's commencement, addressing the possibility of common ground and the need for "open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words." Protesters were gathered outside; the issue of a Catholic university honoring a pro-choice President had roiled the campus for weeks. But rather than defend his position on the issue or even explain it, Obama talked about how to talk about it. "I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away," he said. "Because no matter how much we may want to fudge it - indeed, while we know...
Being gay is not supposed to be a crime in Russia. Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1993; six years later, the law that sent gays and lesbians to psychiatric wards was annulled. But Russia would still rather have its homosexual citizenry invisible - and silent. Nikolai Alexeyev knows that very well. He's just been released from jail for trying to organize a gay-rights demonstration in Moscow...