The Straight Dope on Homosexuality

Is homosexuality a perversion? If not, is it entirely normal? Almost normal?  These days, the very idea of perversion is out of fashion. The Washington Post would probably use the word only to describe an intense desire to balance the budget or enforce immigration laws. However, a practical, even scientific definition of sexual perversion begins by ...


The War of the Cradle

What has the recent hubbub over “contraception” really been about? On the surface, it’s all maneuvering for the 2012 election, but the passions unleashed, especially on the liberal side, suggest motivations that are more inchoate ...

Burt Reynolds

An Open Letter to Men Who Send Dick Shots to Women

Dear Men Who Send Dick Shots to Women, Women do not want to see your dick. They aren’t interested in your abs, and they don’t care how much weight you lost. Men get dumped for partying too much or cheating or being devoid of ...

Have Condoms Penetrated the Catholic Church?

The pope said that condom use to prevent the transmission of HIV is "€œa first step in a movement toward a different way, a more humane sexuality."€ This admission is the Catholic hierarchy's own first step in addressing the ...

AskMen.com’s Top Babes: Ravishing or Roadkill?

Every year, AskMen.com comes out with a list of the “top 99 most desirable women.” They are allegedly chosen democratically: they claim six million votes were tallied for this contest. I have to wonder at this, as, well, my ...

The Problem With Hipster Porn

Anyone who's seen Mike Tyson fight is aware of the benefits a violent childhood can bring. You don"€™t have to condone kids getting beat up every day to enjoy seeing him in the ring. You don"€™t want your children to follow the same ...

High Infidelity

Long before Barack Obama, three of the Democratic Party’s most popular icons were Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton. Each was an adulterer. Kennedy and Clinton were notorious for it. John’s brother Ted ...

The “€œValues”€ Fetish

Pardon me for not being able to figure this one out, but the furor over Mark Sanford, who has apparently ruined his political future by pursuing his lover to Argentina, has left me uneasy. Although Sanford certainly blundered, his ...


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