AUSTIN, Texas – I’ve been reading about SB 3003 and HB 1549, two Texas bills that seek to further restrict and regulate the sale of “obscene devices” in the state. And no, they don’t mean keychains that make fart sounds when you squeeze them; by “obscene devices” they mean the...

PHOENIZ, Ariz. – Even if you regularly read the stuff I publish here on YNOT, there’s probably a lot you don’t know about me. For example, do you know whether I’ve ever won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar or JD Power Award? Was I drafted in the first or third round of the 1990 NFL draft?...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As an adult entertainment industry stakeholder (someone who works in the adult entertainment industry but is also deeply paranoid about vampires, so always has a wooden stake handy, just in case) I’ve been paying close attention to Free Speech Coalition v....

‘Twas the Night before Christmas and all through the biz Creators were shooting and tweeting about jizz Porn studs hung like horses with inches to spare Hoping they’d soon get sucked off down there The cam girls were nestled all snug in their beds Fiddling with webcams to fit in...

I’M NOT SURE, U.S.A. – Waking up today, I had two thoughts: “Where am I?” and “Holy shit, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, isn’t it?” It turns out the answers to those questions – “I have no idea” and “yes” – are related. Like millions of other Americans, and probably millions of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – If you’ve been keeping track of former reality TV show host and now President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominations to serve in his cabinet and other governmental roles, you can be excused for thinking that the editors of The Onion are now in charge at every news...

HACKENSACK, N.J. – “Judge Les Hayes once sentenced a single mother to 496 days behind bars for failing to pay traffic tickets. The sentence was so stiff it exceeded the jail time Alabama allows for negligent homicide.” So begins a 2020 Reuters article about American judges who...

TALAHASEE, Fla. – I’ve been contemplating a move to a new state for a long time, and in doing my due diligence, I decided it was probably wise to also consider whether I’d change my vocation while I was at it. Naturally, as a guy who has long made his living writing mostly untrue...

AUSTIN, Texas – When the Texas legislature came up with the “warning labels” component of HB 1181, it seems they forgot to include an important one: Evidently, frustration resulting from porn video streaming glitches can cause certain Texas prosecutors to (allegedly) pull guns on...

CAMP VERDE, Ariz. – On Saturday, June 1, there will be an event in Camp Verde, Arizona called the “Protect Our Children Town Hall.” And what are the folks at the town hall looking to protect children from, you ask? Why, brainwashing, of course! And what are the Forces of Evil...