prostitution – yes? no?
The Culture Clash this week brought Charles and I together on a topic that is likely as divisive today as it has been for a thousands of years. Oh, except whenever religion used it as part of their ritual – prostitution. Charles’ position is a widely lauded one: prostitution is exclusively about forcing unwilling women […]
on birth certificates and birth control – the culture clash
So, I am called a bully by Charles McVety for suggesting Rob Ford, as mayor of the city hosting World Pride, should attend the festivities but Charles believes he is within the bounds of human sanity for demanding that it is appropriate to deny a woman access to birth control and then force her to […]
mandela and the obama/castro handshake
It was a feisty morning again on the John Oakley show with Charles McVety and I sparring over the legacy of Nelson Mandela just as his memorial service was coming to an end in South Africa. And, as you have no doubt heard, there was that handshake. Barack Obama and Raul Castro actually connected, flesh […]
culture war – what’s normal in the sexuality of children?
This morning, November 19th, 2013, we addressed the Parents’ Guide, Children’s Sexual Behaviours published by the Prince Edward Island Government. Charles McVety, my sparring partner on the Culture War segment of the John Oakley Show, was furious that the pamphlet identified some behaviours as normal arguing that allowing them would lead to sexualization of children […]