PORN WITH A SILVER SPOON

THE NEW REPUBLIC (2007) 5/4

(64) A reporter with THE NEW REPUBLIC participated as an extra in A SOFT EROTIC

FILM. Now what does that mean?It means that the sex was simulated and that in the movie business, there is a small trend to move away from hardcore porn and particularly any eroticism of which the female appears to be hurt, harmed, or humiliated. It's a progressive attempt to move away from the emerging RAUNCH culture. That includes hard sex, animal fights, human cock fights. Incidentally, mixed martial arts has cleaned itself up. The premise is to trade one addiction for another and that many will switch to something lighter and more ethical or moral.

It seems like a long hard struggle.Few want to return to the 50's. Although religious movements have tried to stop them,private research indicates that members do watch porn at the same rate as the secularists.

(COHN) 24-28   Hillary was right. Nearly all the plans that deal with health care start as managed competition. That was her premise. The plan in Massachusetts is that way in general terms. There could be another big Republican victory and the end of health care talk, however,

industry is finding that if they drop their plans altogether, they immediately have more profit, but in the long run lose their work force particularly those excellent employees who go elsewhere or

they are too sick to go to work and must drop out of the workforce and declare bankruptcy.

It is also possible that medical care collapses if few have health care.

THE ECONOMIST (2007) 5/26

(23-25) The Economist is English and they are looking at American marriages. Recent stats

suggest more marriages are staying together. What they say is that the sexual revolution never went away completely, but that those who practice safe sex and do not get pregnant, get educated,

get a good job and marry same are likely to move toward the top of the ladder. They are more likely to stay married. All others fall by the wayside. A young girl with a baby is usually on the road to nowhere. Casual dads are the same. For Blacks, 67% have babies without an official father. The chances are much greater that they will remain poor and uneducated. The Black middle class knows this and watches their kids. However, it all remains the same for most singles and couples who have kids early and/or marry early. For those who make $75,000 or more a year, 92% have a mom and a dad

(95) Synathesia  A new technology suggests that when individuals taste a color so that purple tastes one way and orange tastes another that the individuals brain has crosswires.How the connections occur

is still unclear. However, they are now able to identify brains that have this odd combination,.

(96) There may be a new drug for jet lag. It is a small dose of Viagara.

UNITARIAN-UNIVERSWALIST WORLD (2007) SUMMER

(26-32)  Nearly one in 4 Unitarians say they have some connection to Buddhism. Officially, Unitarians were an offspring of Christianity and there is still a vibrant wing in the church today. However, the majority of U-U's are now either aligned with more than one religion or the humanist tradition. Unitarianism is the most diverse church in America. Unitarians come from the Congregational church officially and the Anglican church unofficially.