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Entries by Tom Matlack from 05/2011

A Talk with My Mom

| Posted 05.07.2011 | Healthy Living

This is perhaps the most honest conversation I have ever had with my mom about becoming a mother at 23, going to Mississippi in the sumer of 1964, and participating in the feminist movement, and about the legacy she hopes to leave behind.

Redshirting Kindergarten

| Posted 05.15.2011 | Huffington Post

Families are holding back their sons at the age of five in order to increase their competitive advantage, following the line of thinking used to produce professional hockey players.

Sex Slavery in America

| Posted 05.18.2011 | Impact

Sex trafficking exists within the broader commercial sex trade, often at much higher rates than most people realize or understand.

The Rebirth of Newspapers

| Posted 05.18.2011 | Media

Why do we hate newspapers? Because they are right wing (Rupert Murdoch) or because they are left wing (most of the major metros on the East Coast according to Murdoch)? No it's because they aspire to keep us, as a society, honest.

Does Reporting on the Reporting of Gossip Make it Not Gossip?

| Posted 05.24.2011 | Media
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I went to my 25th college reunion yesterday at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Driving down I was struck by it being a day of raptu...

My Name is Tom and I'm a Bruins Bandwagon Fan

| Posted 05.31.2011 | Sports
Read More: Sports News

For me, the real draw is Chara. The guy towers over every other player on the ice. He had to petition the NHL to use a non-standard length stick.