An episode of ABC’s Modern Family captures the split in American opinions about porn. Claire Dunphy finds a dirty picture on one of their computers and assumes it was her 10-year-old son Luke who looked at it. Claire calls it unacceptable “smut.” Her husband Phil (the one who actually…
My article on women and alcohol. There are very real gender differences in the way men and women are affected by alcohol. Here’s my summary of the subject in a December 16 article for Scientific American Online : “Women’s Response to Alcohol Suggests Need for Gender-Specific Treatment Programs” A…
by Rev. Jim Rose, LLPC A thirteen year old boy, punching holes in the wall, throwing things angrily, going to school only intermittently, refusing to do anything that will take him away from his obsession. Is this the plot of a new reality TV show? No. Actually it’s a…
The second annual National Drug Facts Week was in full swing on November 2 at the House of Sweden at a hallmark event for NIDA’s 2011 health observance in Washington, DC. More than 100 high school students from 7 schools in the District of Columbia and Baltimore, MD, attended…
by James Tarring Cordrey Years ago my wife surprised me with a direct question about my use of pornography. What followed that question is known in our marriage as “The Confession.” The brutal truth of my long addiction came to light and a long, painful journey of healing began….
Is Facebook contributing to poor GPAs and drop-out rates? Is engaging in social media bad for your grades? Studies about the use of social media tend to be two-dimensional. They might compare students who use Facebook to students who do not and try to draw conclusions about how Facebook…
Imagine that you have a big test tomorrow and you haven’t finished studying. You feel unprepared and stressed out, but the last thing you want to do is open that book. What do you do? Cram all night? Schedule a last-minute study group with friends? Don’t study and take…
I was born, raised, and still live in Illinois, a flat, agricultural state willed with cornfields and farms. So whenever I have the chance to visit a mountainous region, I get excited. Mountains take my breath away. A few years ago, Angela and I decided we were going to…
Don’t fear the chemistry.
by Brian Gardner Sometimes we spend so much time emphasizing the evils of sexual immorality that we forget to build a positive vision for sex, one that is so satisfying that it makes other alternatives seem less desirable. In his essay The Expulsive Power of a New Affection ,…