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The Coming Backlash

By on August 11, 2011 in Musings by Dalma, On Marriage, Personal Essays, Social Criticism

Okay, so Treasury Bonds are being grabbed; gold is being hoarded; God is being called upon like never before to save us all from chaos, as He was in Houston a few weeks ago, by tens of thousands of evangelical Christians. Many have written about the problem of harking back to our belief systems, and our [...]

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Weiner’s Reasons? Schwarzenegger’s Apology? Do We Care?

By on June 19, 2011 in Musings by Dalma, On Marriage, Personal Essays, Sexual Ethics

I mean, what is there left to say but “Whatever”? That’s now the word of choice used by the young when, yet again, some famous, important guy does something weird and inappropriate or bizarre with his libido.  It’s our only remaining response to a morality that these men envision as entirely situational: a way to [...]

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Women Surfing the Edge of Change

By on June 16, 2011 in Articles, Love and Dating, Musings by Dalma, On Dating, Personal Essays, Sexual Ethics, Social Criticism

That an entire book has to be written about the way in which the French put pleasure first in their lives–a pleasure gleaned from a lovely long lunch; a good cheese; a natural (as opposed to a creepy or inappropriate) flirtation, makes me sad that our culture comes out so unfavorably.  It’s true that in our culture, “pleasure” seems to [...]

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