jnorman, I am/was somewhat in a similar situation. No, not 19 y/o in a camp in PA looking forward to college. Rather I too am a virgin and felt the call of the playa but felt going totally solo would be really stupid. So I don't know much, but here's what I learned and what has worked (so far) for m...

I found the Bush era incredibly troubling. What troubled me most was our shift in language. It was the first time that I can recall that it became to "consort with" or "be a member of". It was when America unabashedly tortured, not because these things happen in war, but as a matter of explicit poli...