WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) has introduced a new iteration of the “Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth,” or “SAFETY” Act, reviving a number of proposals that have previously drawn fire from free speech advocates and civil...

ARLINGTON, VA — Citing the results of a widely-reported telephone survey conducted by researchers at the University of New Hampshire, the CP80 Foundation issued a press release Friday reiterating its call for the division of the internet into a so-called “Community Channel”...

INSECT KINGDOM — Life is brutal and short in the worlds inhabited by animals and insects. Predators, weather conditions, pollution, human capriciousness, they can all influence how long and pleasant, or short and painful, an already brief life can be. Even the butterfly,...

SALEM, MA — For some people, life is an astonishingly straightforward proposition. Certain things are simply evil, regardless of empirical evidence, and some things are always good, using the same high standards. For those who find the idea of adult entertainment repellant,...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Local residents and neighborhood activists are taking their opposition to Kink.com’s acquisition of San Francisco’s historic National Guard Armory to the streets – literally.A protest was scheduled to take place outside of the Armory Thursday at noon local...

HOLLYWOOD, CA – While the tone remained mostly civil, the depth of the division between supporters and opponents of the proposed .xxx sTLD were clearly on display at yesterday’s “The Proposed .xxx TLD: A Dialogue with ICM Registry” panel discussion at the Xbiz Hollywood...

THAILAND — Times change and so do cultural sensibilities and tastes. Gone, at least for now, are the days when an everyday walker could ponder, admire, and quietly celebrate the beauty of the human form, including its fun and potentially reproductive bits.This is the sad...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA — Given the rise in sex toy related violence, it was only a matter of time. Sacramento County, CA residents can finally draw a collective sigh of relief, knowing that the sex toy reign of terror may well be nearing its end, thanks to the first-ever...

CYBERSPACE — Did the internet seem a little sluggish and listless on Tuesday? If so, it wasn’t just you, it wasn’t your operating system, it wasn’t your connection method, and it wasn’t your computer choking — it was the internet...

JAPAN — The reign of fashion held in Japan by the pantyhose may well have come and gone. Weekly Playboy reports that whereas 680 million pair of pantyhose were manufactured in 1996, a mere 200 million were produced in 2005 — a more than merely impressive 70-percent...