As a lapsed Catholic, here's the problem the Church is facing. For decades, a significant number of the congregants - as well as the American church hierarchy - have defined themselves as "a good Catholic" by who they disapprove of, or consider themselves better than. And, it seems, a number of Bishops and Cardinals…

I can't figure out how his PR team was blindsided - anyone with half a clue would have known what was coming. Maybe they've had enough, and figured they'd show themselves to the door by having Cosby self-immolate online?

Kids would be better off if there were more, rather than fewer, realistic depictions of sex in the media. Do we really want them getting their view of sex from internet porn?

No, the description of the masturbating while sharing a bed was certainly over the line, especially when combined with her statements in an interview where she said she saw her sister as an "extension" of herself.

Read the NY Times Magazine interview where she talks about seeing her sister (even today, it sounded like) as an extension of herself. That's a seriously narcissistic worldview. Paying money to read a narcissist write about themselves, and then talking about it in public (for or against) makes me uneasy, just like…

Given how long he's reportedly been engaging in these behaviors, and how highly he seems to think of himself, I suspect he's convinced that his view of things is correct - that they did consent, and that they did enjoy it. Apparently, the folks viewing the video came away with a different opinion.

The Globe & Mail reported that the CBC brass thought it was much less than clear that the activities in the videos were consensual, and apparently they were far more violent than they'd been led to believe. The videos may have sealed the deal on the firing.

On a related note, can we please get retailers to stop advertizing their Halloween sale as a "Spook-tacular"? It's fucking weird. I actually feel uncomfortable every time I see it.

The really horrifying thing is that someone who could do this is almost certainly doing what most of us do every day to some extent - we view ourselves as the virtuous protagonist of our own rich internal life. "Monsters" of any sort are probably not any different. In other words, he may actually believe what he…

And Pope Pius XII said that there was no conflict with evolution back in 1950, in terms of the evolution of the human form, as long as Catholics believe that God creates human souls.

Traditionally, the "author" is also supposed to actually write the book. That may not be the case here.

Some Libertarian-leaning folks have a certain view of the private contract between the employer (business owner) and employee. And that view has more than little of the stench of the 19th Century around it. You can see it in some of the ridiculous ahistorical screeds from people like Andrew Napolitano.

Actually, based on what we're hearing, a 17-year-old Biel might've been a little old for him. Ick.

Slacks, four pockets counting the rear ones, which are usable because the jacket covers them. Jacket? Five. Vest, three. Didn't count the shirt pocket.

Geez, if Star Trek Phase II had happened, this guy would have been a series regular instead of just a one-off in the first movie.

Glad to see them doing this. Restaurants should be required to offer sick days as a public health measure - according to the CDC, a high percentage of all outbreaks of food-borne diseases are caused by noroviruses, and an 2011 survey found that 12% of food workers had worked while vomiting or suffering from diarrhea…

When we go out, I'm basically a walking handbag. It started when my wife and I were dating, heading out to something formal and she realized that she had zero usable pockets, and I had no fewer than twelve.

Kids' books can be equally horrifying in retrospect. Even the early 1960's supposedly-less-racist edition of the first "Doctor Dolittle" book - sold until the late 80's - is pretty damn racist. Like constantly associating the African kingdom he's visiting with cannibalism. Or Prince Bumpo (great name) wanting to…

They've got such a tin ear over this I halfway expect their attempt to fix it to be a super-creepy, inappropriate set of Power Girl pajamas.

"They" is, in common usage, a gender-neutral, singular pronoun at this point. There's almost no doubt that it will be considered "standard English" in the not-to-distant future.

The reason that occurred, as opposed to something like "ze", or constantly using "he/she" or "she/he" or "s/he" or any of the other attempts…