Freedom Rosary, Friday, 12 March 2010
On the first Thursday of each month, a growing number of people are coming together in the Kansas City area to pray a rosary in front of an “adult” book store. Personally, being part of these monthly rosaries has been a huge source of healing, and a new feeling of adventure.Ironically, I used to spend hours in “adult” book stores looking... Read more...

Restrictions, Thursday, 11 March 2010
In 2002, Jack White of The White Stripes decided to take a slightly different direction with their third studio album White Blood Cells, deciding that the album would feature no slide guitar, and no blues songs. Considering the fact that the blues was both a dominant influence and component of their previous two albums, this decision was... Read more...

Myth 2 Exposed, Monday, 08 March 2010
Myth #2 -- Girls who make porn are nymphomaniacs. I suppose it would be a foregone and logical conclusion to make -- that porn stars who earn their living performing hardcore sex acts in front of the camera must have an insatiable appetite for sex. They are uninhibited, and willing to do anything and everything sexual, so they must love what they... Read more...

Dust mites & Decency, Sunday, 07 March 2010
The problem with porn doesn't arise from a puritanical or frigid understanding of the body, as if the body were bad and sex dirty. It arises from the same reason you cover yourself up when Aunt Rita or Uncle Bob bursts into your bedroom unannounced as you're getting dressed. Now think about that for a moment. Why do you and I cover our selves... Read more...

Rules of Engagement, Friday, 05 March 2010
Back in the early nineties, when I was serving in the United States Marine Corps, I found myself leading a squad of Marines on a search and destroy patrol in an area known for a lot of enemy traffic. We were out looking for trouble and we sure enough found it. We were moving in an offset formation, in two columns, with each man spread out by... Read more...