"Picking Possible Narratives" "Making News in Connecticut" "Outrage in Connecticut -- Committee Hearing on Bill to Dictate Catholic Church Operations" "Accuser, Exonerated Man Are Friends" "Diagnosing Virginity" "Comcast, DirecTV to Allow Porn P...

I’ve worked with a mentee of mine for about a year who, while immensely bright, struggles with some sexual compulsivity issues. (Yes, this mentee is also in therapy; I’m not overstepping my role.) “Kelly” read this old post of mine about flirtation, and brought the subject up...

"Abortion, not resume, could dominate Sebelius confirmation" "DOJ Nominee 'Shocked' by Her Own Words" "Elie Wiesel says he can't forgive Bernie Madoff" "In hard times, more women try to sell their eggs" "Conservatives and Porn" "Less...

I've just been reading "Chaunie's Journey" in The American Feminist , the publication of Feminists for Life (of which I am a member). The magazine offers a decidedly non-Christian viewpoint on abortion. "Chaunie's Journey" is about a college-age woman who intern...

. . . So, sounds like I didn’t miss much. (Image © Reuters)...

Writing in the Boston Globe , Linda Matchan laments a new generation of brides who have the audacity to take their husband's names. After quoting an engaged woman who said, "I always knew I wanted to take my husband's last name. It's more unified, as a family," Matchan rails: P...

Amanda Marcotte has a short piece up at RH Reality Check on women and libido. For such a brief post, she manages to touch on two separate but interlinked issues: one, the problem with pathologizing low female libido; two, the root cause of widespread “lack of interest.” Here’s the ...

"Signs of Life in Unlikely Places" "Parker Deserves Support, Not Censure, for Embracing Motherhood" (via The Corner) "Charles Darwin 'inspired by Tibetan Buddhism'" "Geert Wilders and the Fight for Europe" "Iraq: Good News Is No News" "E...

Last night Greta Van Susteren ran part one of an interview with Bristol Palin -- the first interview that Gov. Sarah Palin's oldest daughter has given, if I'm not mistaken, and an interview she chose to do herself. It must take tremendous courage to go on the air and tell your story after be...

(Warning: disturbing themes) It could happen to anyone. Really? Last night, MSNBC aired "Sex Slaves: The Teen Trade," an exposé on the prevalence of sex trafficking in suburban America. The gist: It's not just poor girls from southeast Asia who find themselves at the mercy of violent ...