Asserting  and reasserting a list of rules rather than offering a functional sexual ethics won’t ever produce ethical behavior. Read more

It’s possible, but unlikely, that you asked that question as a young person in church and that you were given a responsible answer. But probably not. Read more

They went to church. They prayed the "Our Father" to our Father. And then they picked up guns, machetes and clubs ... Read more

As Sinclair Lewis noted in Main Street, the accusation that one lacks a sense of humor is an insult "which no human being will endure." Read more

Let's all celebrate the New Year by deleting 2021 from our email inboxes. (And by forgiving others for doing the same.) Read more

If I were writing this post in 2022, I'd include a discussion of Ray Cats. Read more

If I cannot provide such answers as a theologian, then I certainly shouldn't be trying to provide such answers as a copy editor. Read more

No one has ever read those stories in that way and anyone who tried would get to the end unsure of what they’d just read. Read more

The damned cookie thing — this half-baked, slapdash Comment Book posting — seemed to have taken on a life of its own. Read more