So the author might makes his point (who doesn't) all the while arrogating verbosity and being cute with double-entendres.
Why does he have to do that? In journalism, anything goes.
Sorry, why does she have to do this?
Actually, “he” is a she, named Denyse. She wrote this in Salvo, a magazine dedicated to preserving old-school values and, usually, a Biblical worldview.
I liked the article. It could have been even more verbose; but she condensed its scope and content to fit into an editorial style, I think.