Thoughts by candlelight: the wind and the water

Something that doesn’t include sex and religion?  Sure, why not.  I need a break anyway; sent to me by larokkaku last week – 16 year old Zac Sunderland here hopes to fulfill his dream of circumnavigating the globe with just his ship, the water and the wind, and his wits and skills.
Zac will depart Marina [...]

Where the personal becomes the political in our unquenchable thirst for knowledge…

“Knowledge is a dangerous thing and I thank you for this reminder”
- Comment #102
On its face, the sheer magnitude of the meaning behind such words is staggering and frightening in its implications – that knowledge is something we should fear, and that knowledge could somehow be considered dangerous to us and our lives.
There is [...]

Church Sues Owner of PA Sex Shop: An Interview with Jill McDevitt

On the afternoon of June 2, 2008 — a skirmish in the culture war between those who believe in sexual empowerment and personal freedom versus the local West Chester, PA religious establishment, escalated into a full scale legal battle when Jill McDevitt, the owner of Feminique Boutique, an adult sex education/retail establishment in downtown West [...]