New York Times: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

It's a shame that there was so much depressing news in the paper today after the article about 9/11.  The article that accompanied the front picture was particularly sad.  It's tough to read about poor countries facing such unnecessary disasters like explosions.  It makes me realize how lucky I am to live in a place like this.  Another sad but infuriating article was the one about school systems and homosexuality.  It's devastating that some kids are willing to end their lives because people won't accept who they are, and it's infuriating that some school systems aren't willing to stop the bullying.  If there's anything today's paper did right, it was catching the emotional appeal of the readers.  I am now convinced that if you can't emotionally grab a reader, then he or she won't be interested in the article.