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• Dependence Day

  

  …Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive…it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE

• Micromanagement

  

  Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world. - Ralph Waldo EmersonOne month ago tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Still a Child

  

  Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#326)

  

  To God, there is no zero. - Richard Matheson, The Shrinking ManR.I.P. Richard MathesonAnother of the greats has passed on.  Though his name is less familiar to... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Sold Out

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on May 5th; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Marie Duplessis

  

  [She was] the most elegant of women, having the most aristocratic taste and the most exquisite tact: she set the tone for a whole area of society. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Sensitive Guy

  

  I am stunned by the amount of understanding and compassion with male sexual frustration you often display in your writing; not many women are that sympathetic t... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Money Don’t Grow On Trees

  Oh, there ain’t no rest for the wicked, Money don’t grow on trees, I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, There ain’t nothing in this world for free. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Hussies

  

  Being the bloodsuckers that they are, they prey on innocent, unsuspecting people and try to find a way to ply their wares. - “Major” Nick ClarkThe one small... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#325)

  

  The idea that [no coerced prostitutes] ever indicate their plight to any of the hundreds of thousands of men who make up their clientele, or that if they do non... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Summer Solstice 2013

  

  No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer. - James Russell Lowell, “The Vision of Sir Launfal”And so another astronomical year... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Flush Criminalization

  

  A tyranny based on…deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself. - Unknown*Nassau County, New York has... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Sleeping With the Enemy

  

  The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. - Saul AlinskyAs most of you probably realize, in order to keep this blog going I need to... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#324)

  

  This is not just about sex trade workers…The government’s coming in through the back door…to tell you what you can and cannot do in the privacy of your home wit... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Fictional Interlude: Glorious Gifts

  

  The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. - Homer, Iliad (III, 65)Every June I’ve published a story of Aella, a young Amazon warrior of the mythi... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Which I Doubt

  

  “Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt.” - A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-PoohI sometimes feel as though I’... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Rotten to the Core

  

  Only crime and the criminal…confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Guest Columnist: Sarah Woolley

  

  Last month’s guest column by Kelly Michaels was so well-received I’ve decided to make it a regular feature on the second Monday of every month. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• That Was the Week That Was (#323)

  

  We whores are sure these politicians are not our sons. - sign carried by protesters in IstanbulDo As I Say, Not As I Do“The FBI seized and ran a child... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY

• Unmentionables

  

  This essay first appeared on Cliterati on April 28th; I have modified it slightly for time references and to fit the format of this blog. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY