In Alyssa Fields' article, she says, "The siege on self-gratification rages on in the 89th Texas Legislature. A new Senate bill, filed by North Texas Sen. Angela Paxton, Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton's other half, would require online shoppers to submit photo identification before purchasing a sex toy [her boldface]."
"Senate Bill 3003 claims to home in on the protection of minors by regulating the online sale of 'obscene devices' to those under 18."
I see the Texas Republican "siege on self-gratification" as manifesting the tragic anti-body Christian heritage in our Western cultural history.
Now, I have expressed my concern about another conservative initiative in Texas in my OEN article "Texas' War on Porn, and Robert Moore's Theory of the Archetypes of Maturity" (dated December 6, 2024). I am sorry to report that I have not found any liberals or progressives who have criticized these initiatives of conservatives in Texas.
In any event, for further discussion of the Second Vatican Council in the Roman Catholic Church (1962-1965), mentioned above, see The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II, edited by Catherine E. Clifford and Massimo Faggioli (2023).
Now, as you might expect, I am deeply grateful to all of the various OEN readers over the years who have read my various 665 OEN articles over the years, and to the various OEN readers over the years who have publicized my various OEN articles on their Facebook pages, and, most especially, to Rob Kall, the founder of opednews.com, for publishing so many of my OEN articles over the years without any hassle.
In conclusion, I have enjoyed writing my 665 OEN articles over the years. I believe that I have become a wee bit more articulate as a result of writing my 665 OEN articles over the years. In retirement (I retired from teaching at the University of Minnesota Duluth at the end of May 2009, after teaching at UMD for 22 years: 1987-2009, and I submitted my first OEN article in October 2009), I have undoubtedly honed my ability to take a position about something and defend my position - which I have found personally rewarding to do in each of my 665 OEN articles.
References
Callard, A. (2025). Open Socrates: The case for a philosophical life. W. W. Norton and Company.
Clifford, C. E., and M. Faggioli, eds. (2023). The Oxford handbook of Vatican II. Oxford University Press.
Farrell, T. J. (1998). Faulkner and male agonism. Time, memory, and the verbal arts: Essays on the thought of Walter Ong (D. L. Weeks and J. Hoogestraat, Eds.). Susquehanna University Press/ Associated University Presses.
Farrell, T. J. (2000). Walter Ong's contributions to cultural studies: The phenomenology of the word and I-thou communication. Hampton Press.
Farrell, T. J. (2010, March 14). Who was Walter Ong, and why is his thought important today? www.opednews.com URL: Click Here
Farrell, T. J. (2010, April 3). Not for profit, eh? Hold on there, Martha Nussbaum! www.opednews.com URL: Click Here
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