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In the January/February issue of The Atlantic Monthly, writer Caitlin Flanagan says–after lengthy analysis–that some young girls may be performing a brand of highly impersonal oral sex on boys as a last-ditch effort to appropriately postpone deeper experiences (like intercourse or arousal). And she casts a stern eye on our sexually distorted culture. She writes:…

Over the years, as I’ve watched Richard Gere talk about his love for Tibetan Buddhism, I have struggled to get past my snobby skepticism that a handsome actor once married to a gorgeous supermodel could tell me anything about reality. Of course, disguised within that oh-I-can’t-take-Gere-seriously stance is another lurking belief that because he’s so…

Two months ago, I considered blogging about how you really have to wash your Brita pitcher out now and then, since mine had grown a slight but eerie green slime when I wasn’t looking. But then, I discarded the idea because I found the whole affair disgusting. More recently, I found that the problem wasn’t…

If you hated missing that vast Yoga Journal yoga conference in San Francisco ten days ago, Yoga Journal’s website provides blogged synopses of numerous workshops. “Our breath is our constant companion, a lover who has picked us up from the moment we’re born, until the moment we leave,” says teacher Angela Farmer in one session.…
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