By PHILLIP MILANO Question My mom said I could wear Gothic clothes as long I don’t do devil worship. Then her mood went bad about it. And my dad is totally against it. I thought I had found something I liked. Any advice? River, 12, male, Heath, Ohio Replies My boyfriend is Goth and is hard-working, hardly drinks and doesn’t …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question I’ve noticed white people don’t have rhythm when it comes to dancing. Why is this? Janice, 22, Atlanta Replies I’ve seen black toddlers two-stepping to hip-hop six months after learning to walk. The parents encourage it. Black people get introduced to rhythmic dancing at an early age. Eric, 29, white, Kansas City, Mo. White boys tend …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question If Catholicism doesn’t allow sex without the possibility of conception, does that mean Catholic married couples can’t have sex after a vasectomy, menopause, etc.? Jim, Chicago Replies Most Catholics look at the teaching of sex for procreation only as a joke. For that matter, vasectomies aren’t permitted under Catholic “law” because that’s a form of birth …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question Do folks who have been blind since birth have dreams? R.W.K., 62, male, Jacksonville Replies One of my relatives is blind, and I’ve read many times that those who are blind from birth dream mostly in other senses, most notably sound and smell. Because most of them have only very little perception in light, I would …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question Why do African-American children always have names most people have never heard of? Lizzie, 72, white, Jacksonville Replies I guess you forgot about Gwyneth Paltrow’s baby, Apple. And Demi Moore has daughters named Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. Sharon, black, Clinton Township, Mich. For many years African-Americans had to acknowledge names given by slavemasters. Now many African-American …

By PHILLIP MILANO Question: I was playing sports against this gay guy who was extremely, flamboyantly campy. I was quite turned off. How do you homosexual guys feel about this kind of off-the-chart display? Joe W., straight, Vancouver, British Columbia Replies People who go out of their way to be over the top bother me. This kind of behavior might …