Jay Nordlinger

About the author: Jay Nordlinger is the managing editor of National Review.

Governments and communities can take several steps to reduce the availability of pornography. These efforts include appointing "porn czars," passing zoning laws that limit the locations of adult businesses, and using Internet filters in libraries to prevent patrons, especially children, from accessing X-rated websites. It may not be possible to completely rid society of pornography, but people with morals and common sense must not allow the nation to become further sullied.

What can be done to reduce . . . the "pervasive presence" of porn? Quite a bit, actually. We are not helpless in the face of this problem. Those who toil in the anti-pornography field say that a false sense of helplessness is one of the pornographers' best allies. People feel that they can do nothing, that all...