LONDON – Gareth May of The Telegraph has a question: Why are so many young men paying for sex? Gee, I’m not entirely sure, but I think it might have something to do with the fact young men have always paid for sex.

WHEATON, Ill. – Last week, we were told that pornography was a sniper (or, more precisely, a poisonous sniper/spider/vampire infected with Ebola). This week, a more apt analogy has emerged, one concocted by a bona fide scientist. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen: According to...

Damon Linker of The Week is “baffled.” Having read several of his previous op-ed pieces, I have to say this is nothing new for Linker, but in this case, he himself is the one calling attention to just how very baffled he is.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – One of the undeniably great things about the Bible is that it’s filled with striking imagery, powerful symbolism and highly unexpected analogies. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 tells us, for example, the Lord “will come like a thief in the night.” I’ve never been sure...

BALTIMORE – “Revenge porn is a vile symptom of modern misogyny” declared the first half of a headline published on The Independent’s website over the weekend. As conclusory, offhand opinions masquerading as fact go, this one might seem safe, but is revenge porn really as simple a...

SILICON VALLEY – These days, I’m not sure a single day goes by without some aspect of the porn industry receiving at least a little mainstream media ink. Sometimes a porn star makes headlines due to her dalliance with a professional sports star. Other times, the headlines emerge...

LOS ANGELES – In explaining his company’s choice to purchase billboard advertising space in Times Square and on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, Pornhub Vice President Corey Price told the Los Angeles Times the billboards were part of an effort to push adult entertainment “into the...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – According to a report from the BBC, several performers, studios and others from the adult entertainment industry are calling on Google to “help publicize legal ways to buy adult content in an effort to combat piracy.” With quotes from Angela White, Tasha...

BROOKLYN, NY – Look, I get the whole Rule 34 thing, and its unnumbered corollary: If a device has a camera on it, said device inevitably will be used to shoot porn. But there’s another rule about porn I think people miss sometimes: By its nature, porn requires the viewer be able...

LONDON – Once upon a time, when a military officer in the field needed to securely communicate orders and intelligence to his compatriots at a distance, he would dispatch a runner with the message. These messages often would be encoded to stymie the enemy, should the runner fall...