Emily Bazelon wants to talk about infidelity: Like everything else about male sexuality, the male desire to lie with another woman is boringly uncomplicated. But why do women have affairs? The judgment of literature ( Anna Karen…
Here 's some timely analysis by law and religion prof John Witte Jr. (It's especially timely for me because it's the subject of the Constitutional Law exam I'm working on grading right now... as I take a break to …
I did a post the other day about the Ten Commandments monument, with photos showing how it's positioned on the grounds of the Texas state capitol. I said I didn't think putting it by the side of the road like that was ve…
Don't you think that's an odd thing for -- of all people -- Oprah to say? She's always pushing her book club , yet here she is revealing that she thinks women gabbing in a book club setting is the dullest thing in th…
From CNN: Bibi recounted how she was awakened by a shriek as Ahmed put his hand to the mouth of his stepdaughter, Muqadas, and cut her throat with a machete. She said she looked on helplessly from the corner of the room as he the…
I must say I find it utterly repugnant for a political figure to make a big public show of upgrading his marriage to a "covenant marriage." I don't particularly approve of the trend of private celebrations that inv…
The NYT, in a front page article, searches for meaning : if a lot of the voters in the last election polled that they cared about "moral values," why is "Desperate Housewives" such a big hit? I didn't get …