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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Self-appointed arbiters of morailty are rarely right, whether they are from a Red state or a Blue state or a state of confusion.
It's just so weird that only the American culture is so hung up about sex. Our nation was initially colonized by Puritans who seemed to have believed that touching anyone for any purpose other than to pay a debt was disgusting and immoral. As much as the Puritan founders have been diluted with immigrants from around the globe, that sense of "icky" still pervades our culture. I don't want to think that way, but it was inherent in how I was raised. As a kid, I even thought the Life magazine photo essay of a developing fetus (shot in situ with fiber optics) was "dirty." Not to mention all those National Geographic articles on tribal people from warm climates who wear very little clothing!
As a culture, America needs to get out more, meet new folks, get a life, get a sense of proportion.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
