http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2005/04/the_sexual_revo.html The death of Pope John Paul II is a reminder of the profound changes in sexual mores over the past half century in the United States and many other countries, of the Pope’s strong defense of conventional Roman Catholic sexual... en-us http://patrix.typepad.com/nerves/2005/04/linking_park_2.html Even George Bush is cool enough to sport an iPod. Incidentally he might be indulging in behavior that the high-n-mighty RIAA calls theft. Forget sex, cell phone calls are more important. People have their priorities mixed up. Only a high http://pragmatist.blogs.com/pragmatist/2005/04/rape_and_the_mo.html 1. So, last week the Chicago Tribune had an article about the Becker-Posner Blog, which quoted Becker as saying that http://ravingatheist.com/archives/2005/04/cheap_sex.php Judge Richard Posner explains why economics has triumphed over conventional Roman Catholic sexual morality. Sex is now “cheaper” due to the reduced risk of disease and pregnancy, and marriage offers less financial benefits to women than working. This c... http://voluntaryxchange.typepad.com/voluntaryxchange/2005/04/moral_indiffere.html Posner turned a nice phrase in his discussion of evolving sexual mores:To the extent that as a result of economic and technological change, sex ceases to be considered either dangerous or important, we can expect it to become a morally http://www.uncorrelated.com/archives/2005/04/getting_screwed.html The Becker-Posner blog has a couple of interest contributions (Posner here, Becker here) by the good doctors on the Sexual Revolution. Posner considers that the 'cost' of sex has declined and thus has been commoditized. To the extent that as... http://blog.hookupculture.com/archives/2005/04/the_economics_o.html Here is a link sent in by a reader that, provides a similar and somewhat expanded explanation of the economic reasons behind recent societal changes in sexual behavior.... http://www.paultopia.org/blog/2005/04/but-can-posner-get-me-laid.html If you need any more evidence that the utilitarian economic technocratic worldview has gone way too far, you need only read the latest Becker-Posner posts (for once, BECKER is the sane one). Posner descends to self-parody -- even my technorealism par... http://www.willisms.com/archives/2005/04/some_call_it_a.html We call it "Classiness, All Around Us." Click to explore more WILLisms.com. In no particular order, WILLisms.com presents classiness from the blogosphere: 1. Patrick Ruffini's blog, always unique, offers George W. Bush's iPod playlist, plus this wisdom... http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2005/04/marriage_the_st.html Arts and Letters Daily has a provocative teaser for its link to this Policy Review article by Jennifer Roback Morse entitled "Marriage and the Limits of Contract": "Do we even need marriage?" The article, though, is less a profound challenge... http://www.ericsiegmund.com/fireant/archivesmt/001790.html *yawn* The Gazette gets another link in a major daily.