1. George A. Tobin

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Groping With the Invisible Hand

From the April 1994 Print Edition

While many people have expressed reservations about the direction of the Clinton economic program, the good economic news is that retail condom sales broke the $300 million dollar mark for 1993. Moreover, this robust figure does not include purchases for nonprofit distribution b entities such as . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1994

Moderately Religious, Desperately Sexual

From the November 1993 Print Edition

The most surprising thing about The Janus Report on Human Sexuality (John Wiley & Sons) is that its findings don’t really surprise. I had hoped to come across some Kinsey-like revelations as to how huge percentages of Americans are pursuing new and innovative perversions. Alas, there are . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1993

Monkeys, MacKinnon & Marriage

From the March 1993 Print Edition

Twenty years ago, the U.S. Army directed me to help monkeys copulate. In order to carry out my mission to increase and multiply the lab animal population of the armed forces of the United States, I was placed under the direction of an eccentric old man (also named George), a civilian employee who . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1993

The Brown-Headed Cowbird

From the February 1993 Print Edition

There has always been a segment of the American population that wants to dump the “Star Spangled Banner” in favor of “America the Beautiful.” Proponents of the change argue that the present national anthem is too bellicose and misrepresents the warm and fuzzy people we really . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 1993

The Camera and the Sandwich

From the December 1992 Print Edition

The late Sam Kinison, an incomparably loud and invariably offensive comedian, once delivered a comedy routine about famine. He remarked that whenever he sees heart-rending scenes of famine victims he wonders, “How come the film crew didn’t just give the kid a sandwich? How come you never . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 1992
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