Suzy Menkes

And I bet you dollars to donuts that if the kid starts losing friends, the parents will blame the kid for her own behavior.

Abuse is both personal and cultural. That is, you can have personalities that will tend toward abusiveness in any culture, but you can also have cultures that condone or glorify abusiveness.

Joan, I completely agree.  The public's so-called "right to know" does not extend to possibly getting people killed.  While we do have freedom of the press, words have consequences, a

I think this is a very premature opinion on Ms Hakakian's part.  The Iranian mullahs are still very much in control and have the Revolutionary Guards under their thumbs.