Why Romney's Teenage Bullying Actually Matters

When news broke yesterday??that Mitt Romney had apparently physically bullied another student while in high school, there were mixed reactions. We are all outraged when we hear about bullying but, at the same time, there is a notion of teenage indiscretions and that a person without life experience can be a different person four decades ...

BOSTON—Mitt Romney is spending Monday morning doing speech prep at an elementary school near his vacation home in Wolfeboro, N.H., but he's already giving hints about what he will say Thursday night when he accepts the GOP nomination at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. In an interview with USA Today's Susan Page, Romney says [...]

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Everyone does some boneheaded stuff when they are a kid. In Mitt Romney's case, that wrongheaded teen behavior came in the guise of bullying a classmate who was suspected of being gay and whose haircut did not please the future Governor and his friends. While this behavior is completely offensive, I don't believe that one?s ...

WINNIPEG — Provinces introducing laws to crack down on school bullies are taking different approaches as they decide where to draw the line between chronic abuse and a one-time insult or slight. There are also questions, as in Manitoba, as to whether legislation will have any effect. That province’s proposed law does not require principals to hand down specific penalties or even report bullying to parents or authorities.

STEINBACH, Man. — Evan Wiens, the teenager who has become a focal point for gay rights in Manitoba schools, may have a wish come true for his birthday. Wiens, who turned 17 on Tuesday, met behind closed doors with the board of the Hanover School Division and asked to be allowed to put up posters at his school to promote a gay-straight alliance group he set up last year.

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