This column hits it right on the head when it comes to pornography. It is vile, it is a hate crime against women and girls, it destroys relationships between men and women, it is antisex, but nobody has the political will to outlaw it altogether. It could be done, but it is a matter of will and of taking it seriously.
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Obituary: Distinguished actor James Earl Jones, 93, has died. He had a very long career both on stage and on film, going back at least sixty years with the overrated Dr. Strangelove. His voice got put to good use in narration.
He died at his home in New York, surrounded by family.
James Earl Jones was born on Jan. 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, Miss. He was raised by his grandparents. When he was 5 years old, the family moved to a rural farm in Dublin, Mich. Jones said the move so traumatized him that he developed a severe stutter that continued until he was in high school.
"I was able to function as a farm kid, doing all those chores where you call animals," he told WHYY's Fresh Air in 1993, "and I certainly let the family know what my needs were. But when strangers came to the house, the mute happened. I didn't want to confront them and I wasn't ready. I hid in a state of muteness."
Then a high school teacher found a way to help: "He one day discovered that I wrote poetry and he said to me, 'This poem is so good I can't believe you wrote it. The way you can prove it to me is to get up in front of the class and recite it by heart.' And I accepted the challenge and did it, and we both realized we had a means — we had a way of regaining the power of speech through poetry."
And what a power it was. Jones' baritone came complete with its own echo chamber. His voice became one of the most instantly recognizable in entertainment history.
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