Shocking, but True

The headline from today's Birmingham News reads: "Teens Lie About Sex." The sub-heading is "Virginity Pledge Unreliable." I, for one, am shocked and appalled. Teenagers lie about sex? When did this start happening? Has the whole world gone mad? Do teens lie about drinking too? Smoking cigarettes? Maybe even experimenting with the reefer? If we can't trust adolescents to be upfront and honest about everything that they're up to, who can we trust? And good journalism/strong investigative reporting is supposed to be a thing of the past? Without today's Birmingham News, I might still be living in the la-la land of naivete and gumdrop waterfalls where teenagers are open books with nothing to hide.