CANBERRA, Australia – It never surprises me when a politician (or athlete or actor or any other manner of famous person) blames “hackers” for a wayward porn-like on one of his social media accounts. Still, there is something about the case of Christopher Pyne, Australia’s...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – In the days before algorithmic suggestion engines began giving tips on what else we might want to read, listen to, buy or think, we had to rely on far more questionable sources, like family members, friends and crazy people at bus stops. These days, helpful...

LONDON – I’m beginning to understand why a lot of people don’t trust the media these days. Not only does the modern media routinely sensationalize stories and try to pass off opinion as fact, but it also appears to have trouble merely citing the same facts consistently within a...

NEW YORK – Over the years, there have been countless porn jobs offered to mainstream celebrities by adult companies looking to drum up some quick, easy publicity. Typically, these offers come along when a celebrity has embarrassed himself/herself or wound up in the news for a...

PAYSON, Utah – In the famous words of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, “give me a fucking break.” Wait… No, not those words from Justice Stewart. These words: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that...

ADA, Okla. – In adult entertainment circles, it’s been fashionable for some time now to consider printed adult publications “dead,” or at best increasingly irrelevant, just another hard-product casualty of the digital age. This may be so from the prospective of producers and...

LONDON – I’ll be the first to admit I don’t much about the British military. I do know the Brits spell the word “defense” like their soldiers’ overarching mission is to eradicate fencing from the planet. And I know they recently appointed a new Defense Secretary named “Gavin,”...

PHOENIX – When Sen. Jeff Flake announced he will not seek reelection at the end of his current term, many saw the news as an opportunity for other Arizona Republicans to swoop in and snare Flake’s seat. Prior to Flake’s announcement, some GOP strategists had begun to fear the...

NEW YORK – When it comes to stretching and straining for reasons to insert the word “porn” into a headline, nobody can top the British tabloid press. When they’re not busy hanging on Mia Khalifa’s every word or updating tales of porn performers turned drug smugglers, they find...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – While I’m mostly persuaded (and intrigued) by the analysis of search data conducted by former Google engineer Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in his book Everybody Lies, some logical disconnects in his comments about porn-search data leave me scratching my head....