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The Top 10 Political Sex Scandals of All Time

Posted on Apr 6, 2008, Source: Nerve.com

From Warren G. Harding to Eliot Spitzer, American politicians sure know how to have a good time.

A History of (Pro-Life) Violence

Posted on Dec 1, 2005, Source: Nerve.com

Not all anti-abortionists kill people. But all share a histrionic view of themselves as heroic rescuers aligned against Godless fornicators.

'Lolita' Hits Fifty

Posted on Sep 21, 2005, Source: Nerve.com

To be overrun by feeling, yet able to marshal words with such precision -- this was Nabokov's knack. That he did so on behalf of a pervert makes the achievement that much greater.

How To Go On A Nationwide Book Tour And Not Get Laid

Posted on Aug 30, 2002, Source: Boston Phoenix

The author of the sexed up "My Life in Heavy Metal" recounts his infamously sexless promotional tour.

Sex Aid: Porn to Save the Third World

Posted on Jul 22, 2002, Source: Nerve.com

Phil Harvey built a porn empire to save the Third World.
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