Sex

From The Room: Year of the Sex Scandal

December 31, 2008 - What a year 2008 has been! A lot of people say this is the Year of the Recession or the Year of the Election, but I would like to nominate 2008 as the Year of the Sex Scandal. What is going on here? This year, John Edwards cheated on his...

From The Room: We're in a "Repression": The Economics of Shame

December 9, 2008 - If the current recession started last December, as the latest findings from the National Bureau of Economic Research clearly indicate, then it stands to reason that, considering things have gotten a lot worse since then, we're a lot closer to a depression than anyone has realized. Perhaps we're...

From The Room: Gas Prices Affecting Prostitution

June 30, 2008 - "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" takes on a second meaning with whorehouses closer to Reno and Las Vegas reporting that business is up this year while rural brothels have had a decline of up to 25%. Nevada brothels along Interstate 80 and US Highway 95 rely on long...

From The Room: Border Crossings, Sex, and Gas

June 28, 2008 - They cross the border between the United States and Mexico for financial reasons. Some of them are breaking the law, but they're willing to risk it. They're not doing it for better jobs or a better education. They're doing it for cheaper gas. And they're crossing...

From The Feed: Like you, the Moment of Truth has a conflicted relationship with whores

March 21, 2008 - The lie detector show "catches" another blonde model/actress for acting like a model/actress...

From The Feed: CNN financial advice leads to...Hey now!

January 30, 2008 - Things get a little crazy in the newsroom (listen closely...

From The Room: The Academy Hates Sex

January 25, 2008 - This week, when Academy Award nominations were announced, the omission of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution from the Foreign Language Film category struck us as a travesty. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences rejected th...

From The Room: Joy to the World, Peace is Restored

January 2, 2008 - In the supermarket, the buttermilk has reclaimed its place near the Lactaid after six weeks of being marginalized by the eggnog. At home, the relatives have left, and we can make noise again during sex. On TV, football graphics aren't strangled with holly, and the newsca...

From The Room: GOP Candidate Missed Connections

December 12, 2007 - Dec. 5 - The cutie in Iowa City! - w4m You were sitting with your advisor at the counter when my girlfriend and I came in for brunch. I LOVE Law & Order!! We locked eyes a beat too long for casual. I hoped you'd come over to chat, but your advisor...

From The Room: The Twisted Truth: Programmers Get Naughty, Putin Kicks Ass, and Michigan Gets Stripped

December 2, 2007 - Vladimir Putin miraculously received 99% of the vote in the Russian elections. There have been no claims of fraud. None whatsoever. None at all. Shut up. Drink your vodka. Michigan was "punished" by Democratic...

From The Room: Ho for Auction: Laissez Fair in Chile

November 30, 2007 - Finally, Chile has embraced the concept of a free market devoid of nasty government regulations just like conservatives want. The Laissez Fair crowd can rest easy; Adam Smith is at work and he's south of the border this time. Take note, fundraisers, of the success of the recent...

From The Room: Chyron of the Day: France Wants to Be U.S.'s Baby Daddy, U.K. Not Down

November 15, 2007 - Maybe it's that FOX News thinks of all Europeans as sex-crazed fops, or maybe John Gibson and Heather Nauert have been watching too much Jerry Springer, but either way this chyron makes me want to call someone "son," and watch an old Brenda-Kelly-Dylan episode of 90210...