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December 2006

Cruise Italy with Andrew Sullivan [Dan Collins]

Carnal Cruise Lines and Time Magazine are teaming up to offer a fabulous tour of Gay Catholic Italy, hosted by Andrew Sullivan: I’ve often wondered how many straight Catholics fully appreciate how gay their church has always been. Especially in the old days. High Mass was, in its heyday, more elaborate and choreographed than a very melodramatic Broadway musical. Do people really believe that gay priests and religious had nothing

Male Contraceptive Pill [by Melissa]

I’m curious. This is a very manly blog and I have a question for the manly men who read this blog: Would you use the Male Contraceptive Pill? Here’s some more info: However the new pill being researched by scientists at King’s College London, contains chemicals that prevent ejaculation and could be in tablet-form. Men could take one daily, just like the female pill, or have one a few hours

Idiot Survey Gets Idiot Results [Dan Collins]

From the Manufacturing News Desk: Nearly two-thirds of Britons think the fiery Italian sauce Arrabiata is a sex infection, according to a survey on Friday. The survey, of 1,015 people and released on World AIDS day, also showed nearly half were unable to identify a range of common sexual complaints. “What is very worrying is the lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) revealed in the survey,” said sex

One Last entry – the News of Afghanistan, blizzard edition

Before I go out and get “defeated” in a snowball fight with my kids (their word, not mine) I thought I would make my last guest post.  I give you the Blizzard Edition of the News of Afghanistan. “Lets hear from our traffic reporter in Parwan, Major John.” “Uh, traffic sucks…” “What?” “Really, it has actually been sucked into the mucky strip of ground that has been alleged to be

Universities, Free Speech, and the Totalitarianism of Institutionally Enforced “Tolerance”

I just received the following press release from FIRE’s Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, Samantha Harris, which details how institutions of higher learning use threats of reprisal to chill student speech.  In this case, the University in question is one of my alma maters, Johns Hopkins—heightening my outrage: […] Johns Hopkins University has suspended a student for an entire year for posting Halloween party invitations that some students found