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Standing By

It may have been brought to the reader's attention that the "Williams-Mystic Program" that purports to be the subject of this column is a Maritime Studies program. I had heard the same, but over the past 11 days, one of them (that,

October 19, 2008

Opinion

The Greenback God

"We are not hostile to [corporations]; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against [...]

October 10, 2008

Opinion

Orgasmic Myths for Men and Women, Part Two

In part one we learned that in order for me to get to a comfortable place sexually, I had to first crash, hard, into the myth that women who don't [...]

October 10, 2008

Opinion

Orgasmic Myths for Men and Women, Part One

...wouldn't it be neat if this were a column about hot mythological roleplay? Yes, Andromeda, yes it would. But it's not a column about that. It's a column about this: [...]

October 9, 2008

Opinion

A Case of Do or Die

Exterior. Night. A foggy airfield. Mike Bloomberg gets out of a car, followed closely by John McCain, right hand in the pocket of his trench coat. Mike Huckabee and Sarah [...]

October 6, 2008

Opinion

Group Sex Can’t Be This Stressful

Writing a sex column is not as easy as it looks. It turns out you get to a point where you've written four columns, some of which people have liked, [...]

October 3, 2008

Opinion

Oh, Henry! Notes from a Very Conservative Guinea Pigâ€™s Life (No. 3)

Dear Diary, I’ve been thinking about intelligence and values. Every culture has its own value system. A professor told me that the ancient Greeks valued bravery and glory in battle, [...]

October 1, 2008

Opinion

Things Cost a Lot in Edinburgh

It turns out I was wrong about the hot air balloon club; their advertising was deceptive, and it was just out of my price-range, all told. But if hot air [...]

September 30, 2008

Opinion

Nautical Terminology: On Display

Working and studying in the historic Mystic Seaport is one of the aspects that the Williams-Mystic program advertises. They mention the many historic buildings, moved here from all over the [...]

September 29, 2008

Opinion

John McCain: Got Debate?

In recent days, a number of concerned citizens belonging to an incredibly distinguished organization have petitioned Ben and JerryÃs to follow the example set by a Swiss restaurant and substitute [...]

September 26, 2008

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