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After taking thousands of pictures around the globe with my trusty Pentax, I bought a digital camera last week.
If you already have one, this may sound pretty ho-hum. But to someone who spends hundreds of dollars on film every time he leaves...
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The lineup of speakers was extraordinary: a Senator; senior executives from companies like Verizon and Comcast; several state Attorneys General; President Obama’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer; and dozens of heavy hitters like Adam Thierer (...
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A study conducted by Sweden’s World Internet Institute reveals that women are spending more time on the internet searching for sexual content. Two thousand male and female participants were asked, “How often, if ever, do you use the...
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• Because murder is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw films depicting murder.
• Because physical abusing and raping women is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw TV programs showing this.
• Because sexually...
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The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of 18-year-old Jorge Canal, who complied with a 14-year-old friend’s request for a photo of his penis. The young man is now forced to register as a sex offender, meaning his chances of getting...
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Research out of Swinburne University of Technology indicates that most people who have online sex are married or in long-term relationships. Typical cybersex users are 41 year-old males who prefer to look at images online than participate in online...
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A whole lot of Conservative bigshots wrote a letter last week to Attorney General Eric Holder.
They lied and lied and lied about pornography, then asked to meet with Holder as soon as possible so they could tell him how to rewrite Justice...
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The Diary of Jim Queen #12: July 26, 2009
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I’m back from Chicago, speaking at the annual conference of the ALA—American Library Association. 20,000 librarians under one roof—totally inspiring.
In addition to their deeper-funded and better–staffed cousins from the big cities, they came...
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The Diary of Jim Queen #11: July 19, 2009
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The Diary of Jim Queen #10: July 12, 2009
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Two more “family values” politicians recently bit the dust, as Nevada Senator John Ensign and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford both admitted to extramarital affairs. Prior to that, both men were known as vociferous critics of “immoral,”...
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When it comes to America’s panic about sex, respect for fact is in short supply.
Blogs, CNN & Fox, well-intentioned family advocates, right-wing “decency” groups, and the whole machinery of the Sexual Disaster Industry...
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We’re told there’s an epidemic of teens sending nude photos of themselves to a friend or lover, who then sends it to every other teen on the planet. The original kid then responds with naive surprise and deeply hurt feelings.
Adults typically...
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For years, Americans have been hearing how dangerous the internet is: full of perverts, predators, and other horrible creatures who want to eat our young. We’ve been told that chatrooms are full of adults pretending to be teens, and that sites...