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In the January/February issue of The Atlantic Monthly, writer Caitlin Flanagan says–after lengthy analysis–that some young girls may be performing a brand of highly impersonal oral sex on boys as a last-ditch effort to appropriately postpone deeper experiences (like intercourse or arousal). And she casts a stern eye on our sexually distorted culture. She writes:…

Over the years, as I’ve watched Richard Gere talk about his love for Tibetan Buddhism, I have struggled to get past my snobby skepticism that a handsome actor once married to a gorgeous supermodel could tell me anything about reality. Of course, disguised within that oh-I-can’t-take-Gere-seriously stance is another lurking belief that because he’s so…

It’s hard not to be endeared to the U.S. ski team’s bad boy Bode Miller. The free-thinking athlete–thought to be a candidate for several gold medals–was homeschooled by hippie parents who allowed him time to ponder the meaning of existence alone in the wintry New Hampshire woods. Miller’s coaches believe in him, but sometimes get…

Two months ago, I considered blogging about how you really have to wash your Brita pitcher out now and then, since mine had grown a slight but eerie green slime when I wasn’t looking. But then, I discarded the idea because I found the whole affair disgusting. More recently, I found that the problem wasn’t…
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