Take a look at this article in today's New York Times by Nicholas D. Kristof. It's called "The Secret War on Condoms" and here's the premise: Our government is increasingly taking the position that condoms are not foolproof and therefore should not be used. This somewhat ties in with the Joe Bob Briggs article to which I linked a few days ago. What is it with people who think you can legislate the horniness right out of other people…or at least get them to pretend they're celibate? (Years ago, we had a right-wing state senator in California who used to insist celibacy was easy — after all, he noted, priests practice it. Somehow, I don't think that example would work these days…) Also relevant may be this article in today's Los Angeles Times, which describes an epidemic of sexually-transmitted diseases — including The Big A — in the adult film industry.
Kenneth Plume is a terrific interviewer and a fine, perceptive media critic, as you well know if you frequent IGN FilmForce. I appreciate his enthusiastic recommendation of Mad Art (on this page) but I don't know why he's pushing a book that won't be out until the end of 1969.
In the meantime, reader Tim Madigan writes to tell me, "I have indeed ordered your book but I'm now worried that when it arrives I'll only be 7 years old and unable to understand it." The way I write, Tim, that's never a concern.