Your angst-ridden teen cuts, or dresses in black, or plays weird video games. The Tsarnaev brothers?
Boom.
I can't decide if the Associated Press is so far gone that we have to start relegating them to the category of total joke. They can still get it right sometimes when they just stick to straight news reporting. But philosophically, they're so far in the tank for "analysis" or whatever it's supposed to be, that they can't help themselves but churn out the likes of this:
They remember the places they came from but come of age in their new home -- and research shows that, while they may struggle at first, many end up adapting better than immigrants who arrive as teenagers.
It is a dynamic that could help explain why the two brothers suspected in the Boston bombings had seemingly different experiences in this country, in terms of how well they adapted.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger brother, was about 9 when he came to the United States from the Russian Caucasus region. He was more integrated in daily American life, according to accounts from friends and relatives.
By comparison, they say older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev -- who came to this country in his mid-teens and died in a gunfight with police after the bombings -- had a more difficult time fitting in.
See how this works? One minute you're getting brushed off by the cool crowd in the cafeteria, the next minute you're blowing up the Boston Marathon. I can only imagine what would happen if these kids had been stuck spending a Saturday morning in detention, supervised by a teacher who raided Barry Manilow's wardrobe.
And let this be a lesson to you: Never, and I mean never, stiff a paper boy. You'll touch off a neighborhood Jihad if you do:
