Early on in this examination of "the huge rise in teen oral sex" comes one of the funniest lines we've ever seen, courtesy of author Tim Harford:
[H]ow you feel about it probably depends on whether you are a teenager or a parent of teenagers. I am more than a decade away from being either and so regard myself as a neutral in this debate. Moreover, as an economist, I feel uniquely qualified to opine on why it is happening.
Next week in Slate, Christopher Hitchens makes the case for sobriety.
A Cock-and-Bull Story [Slate]
