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…I gotta say I’m kinda confused. OK, I’m peeved.
When I think of what you people put me through after the 2004 Superbowl, I shiver—and not in a good way.
That ½-second shot of me during halftime? First, you accused me of ruining not just...
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The verdict is in: the guy who murdered physician George Tiller will spend the rest of his life in jail, feeling good about what he did.
Yes, the verdict shows that the justice system works, sometimes. But this doesn’t bring back Tiller. His...
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Perhaps your checklist for New Year’s Eve includes:
* sexy clothes: to get yourself or a partner in the mood
* mood-altering beverage: see above
* money: for meals, gifts, fun
* extra money: to make sure you get home from all that fun
* clean...
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I spoke at the University of Kentucky a few days ago as part of their Sex Week. The Family Foundation of Kentucky was terribly upset about the Week’s various activities, insulting the faculty organizer and demanding the school repudiate the whole...
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In the hours following Dr. George Tiller’s assassination, the anti-choice movement sounded unusually reasonable, gathering in front of the Supreme Court this morning to denounce the murder.
But I don’t believe they mean it.
Because given...
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The President spoke eloquently this week on the need for Americans to find common ground on the issue of abortion.
He made a start by naming the ONLY common ground—the desire of almost everyone to reduce the number of abortions done each year...
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Honestly, I’m not making this up.
On the one hand, the Florida Senate has voted 38-0 to criminalize sex with animals. At the very same time, it’s about to issue license plates depicting the crucified head of Jesus.
Each of these is a nutty...
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The New York Times reports that Baghdad is now “secure enough to sin.”
“Vice is making a comeback,” says the article, in a city “once famous for 1,001 varieties of it.” Of course, the three primary forms of “vice” are sex, drinking, and...
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You’ve probably heard about Pope Benedict’s announcement three weeks ago that AIDS “cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem.”
The comment was especially brutal and...
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If you had told Socrates or Queen Victoria that one day there would be an inexpensive little gadget that would prevent pregnancy while allowing you to enjoy sexual intercourse, they would have said “No waaay!”
Well, “Waaay!” That gadget is...
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The Topeka and Shawnee County (Kansas) Public Library’s Board of Trustees voted last week to restrict minors’ access to four books about sex, deeming the material “harmful to minors.”
For my comments on this at the Legal Satyricon—one of the...
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Last night I braved the snow, wind, and ice to speak at the University of Cincinnati, part of their Sexploration Week.
The students who attended seemed pretty engaged–almost no one text messaged or snored during my talk. One group who didn’t...
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Rick Warren is the conservative mega-preacher from Southern California who’s giving the invocation at Barack Obama’s swearing-in on January 20.
Lots of people have been criticizing Obama’s choice. They accurately note that Warren is rabidly...