AMSTERDAM — In the sexual tourist’s book of modern world wonders, the prostitution windows of Amsterdam’s famed red light district is surely near the top. Alas, due to rising crime rates, those days are drawing to a close.”We’re not knights on a...

CYBERSPACE — Sam Manning has seen the toll that meth can take on a human life — and the lives of those around the addict, especially within the gay community. He speaks for many when he observes that the drug “has changed the face of our community both literally...

CLEVELAND, OH — The man behind Smiling Bob probably isn’t smiling much these days.Steve Warshak, owner and CEO of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, creators of the “male enhancement” product Enzyte, has seen his share of legal troubles this year, including an action...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Producers and consumers of erotic visual content spend a lot of time looking at breasts but they don’t necessarily spend much time thinking much about the reality of owning and caring for a set of breasts. Although breast cancer rates are decreasing,...

LAS VEGAS, NV — During the summer 2006 Internext show, adult webmasters were inspired by offers of prizes and cash to wander the halls of the host hotel in search of not simply more business contacts and hot content, but treasure. So successful — and fun — was...

CYBERSPACE — In response to calls for greater transparency and criticism asserting that the organization’s relationship with certain branches of the US government is too cozy, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has retained the services of...

CYBERSPACE – What do Paris Hilton, Hezbollah, refinancing, cancer, hurricane Katrina, the World Cup, Carisoprodol, and Borat have in common? According to Google, all are among the top search terms and hot search trends of 2006.Google’s year-end Zeitgeist report, released Tuesday,...

COLUMBUS, OH — A day before the Los Angeles fashion runway was set to overflow with super slender Victoria’s Secret supermodels, Playboy.com launched its “The Real Women of Victoria’s Secret” feature.Although each featured beautiful women in various...

RICHMOND, VA — In a ruling issued December 15th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a North Carolina law banning nude dancing, “simulated” sexual activity, and “fondling” of certain body parts in the state’s strip clubs.The case, Carandola v. Fox,...

MEADOWBROOK, IL — It wasn’t the carbohydrate police that objected to last week’s entertainment at The Palace Tavern, it was the real police.In a bold new move designed to motivate couch potatoes to action, Rhonda Cato, owner of The Palace Tavern in Meadowbrook,...