Archive for the 'Media Bits' Category



In Defense of Maintaining Your Virginity

About a week and a half ago, musicians, actors, actresses, and fans flooded Hollywood’s Paramount Studios for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
The event featured performances by Rihanna, T.I., Paramore, the Jonas Brothers and the comedic styling of the evening’s host, Russell Brand, replete with his oh-so-subtle remarks regarding the purity rings which the Jonas [...]

Once upon a time men and women dated as a prelude to marriage which was a prelude to sex.  Today, teens are “hooking-up.”  As one teen explains, “First you give a guy oral sex and then you decide if you like him.”  What a tragedy for our society.  There are more than two-dozen sexually transmitted [...]

Broken Homes

According to an article in the Argus Leader on Sunday, November 18, 2007, some children are dying tragic deaths because of broken homes.  The article, “Broken homes raise abuse risk: Scholars: Traditional families best,” states that each year the alleged perpetrator of children dying has been the boyfriend of the child’s mother, not the biological [...]

A recent article by Jeff Fecke begins:
I know the St. Paul Crowne Plaza Riverfront hotel like the back of my hand. It used to be the base hotel for the Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government program, in which I participated as a student and adult volunteer. I spent better than a month of my life [...]