America has no functioning democracy. – Jimmy Carter
As I explained in Tuesday’s column, I was at the Desiree Alliance convention this week; everything but these weekend columns was already scheduled, and considering how busy I was I hope y’all will forgive me for the uncharacteristic brevity of these features. It wasn’t lack of time which caused yesterday’s column to go up in incomplete form, however; there was a sudden and severe thunderstorm in Las Vegas which knocked out the hotel’s internet access, so I couldn’t put the finishing touches on it until last night in a different hotel (on my way home). The top contributor was Radley Balko, with the first video and everything above it; the second video was provided by Amy Alkon, and the links between the videos by Walter Olson (“mice”), Mike Siegel (“bad news”), Kevin Wilson (“vegetarians”), and Jesse Walker (“map”). The epigram comes to us via Glenn Greenwald.
- A case that isn’t at all like that of Edward Snowden, because the government says so.
- Cops jail stroke victim for being unresponsive, thus causing his death.
- What’s with this weird East Asian Nazi fixation? (Here’s another one.)
- Man punches self, tries to blame neighbor.
- Gay people cause mice. Or something.
- The Unpleasant Profession of Nancy Grace.
- A lot of the bad news you think you know is wrong.
- Two-thirds of American vegetarians ate meat yesterday.
- U.S. states transposed onto European countries of similar size.
From the Archives
- Would it be a good idea to arrange for a discreet pro to meet with a divorced friend as if by accident, to rebuild his confidence with women?
- If prohibitionists really want to “rescue” sex workers, why do they keep trying to stop us from getting other jobs?
- Congress’ new strategy is to enact SOPA piece by piece so it doesn’t attract so much attention.
- American anti-whore rhetoric resembles that of nations neither advanced nor Western.
- Woman spends thousands on plastic surgery to resemble a drag queen.
- Anti-bikini barista crusade illustrates public collaboration with tyranny.
- Could a sex worker help a man learn to delay premature ejaculation?
- Sacrificing childrens’ happiness to “social construction of gender”.
- The redefinition of “sex trafficking” into a “gang-related activity”.
- The first step toward overturning the “anti-prostitution pledge”.
- What will happen if abortion is eventually recriminalized?
- It looks as though an AIDS vaccine is finally within reach.
- Indian politicians defy court-mandated decriminalization.
- Aren’t vandalism and indecent exposure already illegal?
- Another politician, another unsolicited underwear pic.
- A disquieting fictional interlude about a ruler’s harem.
- Spying on employees or family members made easy.
- Why “sex addiction” is such a destructive paradigm.
- A hooker “scandal” that didn’t make the news.
- How “sex trafficking” hysteria infested Mexico.
- The tale of a harlot with a rather special gift.
- My first column on Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
- The ways some clients try to control calls.
- Dr. Brooke Magnanti on French brothels.
- Why I invest so much time in my work.
- “We have the right not to be rescued.”
- The TSA vs. the world’s largest penis.
- Singapore stands up to Uncle Sam.
- The naivete of Najat Belkacem.
- On the value of disagreement.
- The wacky world of Ed Wood.
- Octomom does it again.
- The Mechanical Bride.
