Derb — Very funny indeed, trying to make sociology out of the behavior of miscreant celebrity teens. While I generally think Steyn’s lines of demarcation are spot on — surely there should be an intererim category for people like Britney, her wayward sister, and other similar types. Let’s risk the wrath of readers and call them “the Churchgoing Godless.” I just don’t buy that getting knocked up when you are single and 18 is a sign of anything I would identify as religious behavior — even if having an abortion is morally worse. I promise you that the army of illegitimate children being raised by single mothers today — thirty-something percent of the current cohort — will not fight on the side of the traditional values of Western Civ — independence, self-reliance, discipline — should that showdown ever come. Would you put money on the basic emotional health, let alone probity, discipline — or likelihood of supporting a serious conservative political agenda – of Britney’s offspring? If this is our (future) team, we are in deep.

And, what am i going to tell my Zoe-loving pre-teen daughters?