No-Nut November promotes male abstinence from masturbation, sex and ejaculation. About a million young men are involved in this practice.
While it sounds like a bizarre joke (and indeed, was the theme of five very funny episodes of Seinfeld), it’s seriously important for several reasons:
Hundreds of publishing professionals demand that Penguin Random House terminate its contract to publish Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new book—because she voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Preventing the publication of Justice Barratt’s book because of one of her votes is a bigger danger to America than any of her votes.
And I say that while believing that Barratt is a dangerous religious fanatic.
If you are outraged about the attempted assassination of Salman Rushdie, consider these two facts:
~ Across the world, many Muslims consider Rushdie’s words to be violence. Therefore they say actual violence against him is justified.
~ These days, many Americans also say that words are violence. They therefore want some voices silenced or denied a public forum.
If you’ve ever used birth control, or if you cherish Roe v Wade, you are in debt to Bill Baird. Today is his 90th birthday.
Do you remember when it was illegal to send condoms through the U.S. mail? Do you remember when all forms of contraception were illegal for unmarried people?
Baird personally changed this.
And paid a huge personal price—including imprisonment 8 different times.
Republican senators grilling Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson claim she’s either a child pornographer, a child molester, or an enthusiastic supporter of both.
Amoral senators like Cruz, Cotton, Lee, and the gutless Lindsay Graham threw feces at the judge for days, hoping to win points with their QAnon followers, most of whom believe that our government is controlled by “Satan-worshipping pedophiles” and “elite child sex-trafficking rings.”
QAnon and these senators are obsessed with childhood sexuality and molestation to a degree that cries out for mental health intervention.
People are injecting politics into their relationships in ways that undermine them, interfering with empathy and communication.
Too many people perceive and talk about political forces instead of discussing personal characteristics or feelings. This doesn’t educate others or promote intimacy.