LONDON – When it comes to advice columns, self-help books or drunken uncles dispensing their hard-earned wisdom at a family gathering, I have only one requirement, just a single hurdle these sources of guidance must clear if they expect me to pay attention: They must tell me...

LONDON – It’s the sort of headline that makes even a jaded, apathetic, nearly-inert fellow like me leap off the couch and shriek “Oh my god, no!” Which headline, you ask? Why “Aliens living on nine planets outside the solar system could be watching us RIGHT NOW, scientists warn,”...

KAMPALA, Uganda – There’s news both good and bad for Ugandans with the imminent arrival of their country’s much-anticipated, Korean-engineered pornography detection machine. The device is called for under under the Anti-Pornography Act of 2014 (APA), along with the creation of a...

TELFORD, England – It’s never easy to determine how much weight you should give information offered about a place with which you aren’t familiar, whether the information is local escort service reviews, driving directions, the best locations for anonymous public restroom-based...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – I’ve always been confused by Kansas City, in no small part because, while the name of the place clearly implies it’s in Kansas, the half of the city stubbornly insists on being in Missouri instead. Mismatched geographic nomenclature aside, I have a new reason...

MONTREAL – This just in: Brazzers is giving away free porn! I know what you’re thinking: The government must have replaced the 7  in 2017 on your calendar with a 1, thereby magically transporting you back to a time when someone offering Brazzers’ porn for free on Pornhub was...

HOLLYWOOD – In the past 24 hours alone, I’ve seen come across my cable TV guide listings for multiple competitive video gaming broadcasts, a reality television show in which people try to guess which of two (or maybe more?) chefs preparing their food isn’t really a chef,...

MALLORCA, Spain – There’s a certain letdown I experience whenever a public figure I don’t already assume to be an utter jackass (there are still several, believe it or not) offers a hard-to-believe explanation for some behavior they’ve engaged in or words they’ve uttered after...

NEW YORK – I must admit, so far as dumb porn-publicity ploys go, at least this one makes sense from a nomenclature standpoint. With New York Governor Andrew Cuomo backing the idea of corporate sponsorships for New York City subway stations, it was probably only a matter of time...

ROME – In a recent review of more than 400,000 mobile devices used by Italian public officials, the Parliamentary Commission on Public Digital Administration and Waste found plenty of evidence showing the device-holders had used their equipment for far more than work-related...