There are only a few reasons why teen substance use should be on the rise while teen pregnancies are on the wane, and none of them are obvious. Common sense, or whatever passes for it in the heads of we Floridians, would seem to dictate the opposite: That if the…

Father Albert Cutie: A superstar Catholic cleric known internationally for his best-selling book, his hit radio program, and, in 2009, for getting caught sunbathing with his paramour. Scandal ensued. Cutie was depriesticized, got married, and is now an Episcopal minister. According to the Palm Beach Post, he’s speaking Thursday at…

I’m a little late chiming in on this, but man, I kind of feel bad for Jacqueline Howett.If you don’t know Jacqueline Howett yet: Hi! Welcome to the internet age! Howett is a British-born author and poetess who publishes her own books for the same reason I eat my own…

Two weeks ago, Quiana Nixon’s 9-year-old was strangely silent upon his return home from Chester A. Moore Elementary School in St. Lucie County. She asked him what was wrong.”My teacher slapped me,” he said.Quiana didn’t believe him, but then he showed her what appeared to be a handprint on his…

Last week, the Christian Romany Church in Fort Lauderdale learned it would be evicted within a month to “make way for at least one government social services center,” according to the Sun-Sentinel. This sad little story contains more than a little historical irony, which went unremarked upon in the media…

Well, what the hell did you expect? Last night, Charlie Sheen kicked off his “Violent Torpedo of Truth: Defeat Is Not an Option” tour in Detroit, and the show bombed. Really bombed. In half a decade of professional criticism, I’ve never seen nastier reviews. Nor have I ever been less…

Rev. Terry Jones is an asshole.There will be a lot of talk in the coming weeks about Jones’ culpability for the murder of ten U.N. workers, and not a few Afghan citizens, in a Friday riot protesting Jones’ burning of a Qur’an. Those on what passes for the “left” side…

On Monday, I published this rebuttal to an editorial by Archbishop Wenski of Miami, in which the archbishop argued against the legalization of gay marriage.I didn’t think my points were especially controversial. Archbishop Wenski suggested that supporters of gay marriage are fantasists, while its opponents are gritty realists. I pointed…

There’s no better way to make a man feel like an unperson than to tell him he can’t adopt a puppy because he’s too old and might die. Yet this is what some hapless receptionist at the Rescued Hearts animal shelter had to tell an 81-year-old by the name of…

This has gotta be some kind of nadir.The Palm Beach Post, usually the most respectable of our local dailies, has now secreted an advertisement in its very own headline marquee. There, taking up space ordinarily occupied by an honest-to-goodness news headline, are the words: Lose 30 Lbs Overnight?Thank goodness for…

Yesterday, the St. Petersburg Times published a terrifying little story that somebody should have written years ago, informing the Floridian public of the awful things that could befall them even after they’ve foreclosed on their tanking mortgages, and given their housekeys to the banks.The banks will likely still come for…

“In our nation’s culture wars,” wrote Thomas Wenski, the Archbishop of Miami, in an editorial in Saturday’s Sun Sentinel:…the two sides are fighting about the understanding of man and his relationship with reality. One side — and today, “gay marriage” is its poster child — holds that anyone can essentially…