by Chris Sieroty. When it comes to legal prostitution, Nevada has welcomed brothels in certain counties and in exchange has taxed the industry and demanded strict medical testing for prostitutes to protect both the sex workers and their clients. Even an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to have lawmakers in Carson City ... MORE
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Drugs And Prostitutes Help Bring Italy Out Of Recession
by Shane Ferro. Italy is no longer in a recession, thanks to its black market. Because the European Union changed the way it calculates GDP to include illegal revenue from things like underground alcohol sales, drugs, and prostitution, Italy found out Wednesday that its 0.1% GDP decline in the first quarter of 2014 was actually flat— or 0.0% ... MORE
Cathy Reisenwitz: Why It's Time To Legalize Prostitution
There’s no good reason not to. A prostitute has a 45 percent to 75 percent chance of experiencing workplace violence at some point, according to recent research indicates, and a 32 percent to 55 percent likelihood that she or he was victimized the past year. Worker safety, along with concerns about exploitation and objectification, ... MORE
One Benefit Of Legalized Prostitution Seen In New Zealand
by Tim Worstall. One of the great social public policy questions of our day is what is it that we should be doing about prostitution? Answers vary around the world: there are places where it is strictly verboeten and heavy punishments are meted out. There are also places like New Zealand and Germany where the entire system is legal and out in the ... MORE
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Reihan Salam: It’s Time for Legalized Prostitution
There’s no way to end demand for sex work. So why are Sweden and Canada trying? Whom is it safe to hate? One of the reasons the cause of same-sex civil marriage has gained so much ground in recent years is that it is no longer socially acceptable to hold gay couples in contempt. Many if not most opponents of same-sex marriage ... MORE
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Allen Smith: Rhode Island Proves Legalizing Prostitution Will Decrease Rape And Sexually-Transmitted Diseases
It happened by accident. For a brief period of history, Rhode Island was the only state where
prostitution was legal in every county. Now, a new report shows
legalized prostitution led to a decrease in rapes and sexually
transmitted diseases within the state, the Washington Post reports. The report, published by the National Bureau of ... MORE
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VIDEO: 10 Dumbest Quotes About Video Games
The option-destoyers are relentless. Actual quotations from high-profile idiots!
Thaddeus Russell: Sex Slaves And The Surveillance State
Why 'human trafficking' is a dangerous term. Her name, like that of nearly all the victims, is unknown. Not older than a teenager, she has large, downturned eyes, long and wavy hair, and pale skin. She wears a demure white dress, suggesting that the life she lived before she found herself in this dungeon was one of innocence. She stares ... MORE
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Prostitution Precrime? Government Presumes Intentions
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. A woman waiting on a street
corner. A woman in a tight dress. A woman who speaks to someone
walking by, waves to a passing car, looks at you too long. Are
there clear, unambiguous meanings to these things? Of course
not—they could be the actions of someone selling sex, or
of someone waiting for a ... MORE
Hawaii Cops May Have To Stop Having Sex With Prostitutes
by Oskar Garcia. Police zippers may go on lockdown. A key Hawaii lawmaker considering an anti-prostitution bill says he and Honolulu police have agreed to get rid of a longtime exemption that allowed officers to have sex with prostitutes. State Sen. Clayton Hee, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he and police agreed at a meeting ... MORE
Hawaii Law Allows Cops To Have Sex With Prostitutes
by Mike Bertha. The police lobbied hard. There is apparently an exemption in Hawaiian sex trafficking laws that allows for undercover police officers to have sex with prostitutes while on the job, in an effort to help them more effectively catch the bad guys, obviously. A new law would have done away with the exemption, but that new ... MORE
The Mythical Invasion Of The Super Bowl Hookers
by Maggie McNeil. Major events such as World’s Fairs and the
Olympics always provide an excuse for governments to “clean things
up” in the host cities before the guests arrive. Police sweep
people the leaders consider undesirable, embarrassing or just plain
unsightly out of public view (and into jails or exile for the
duration). The victims ... MORE
VIDEO: Legalize Prostitution To Fight Sex Trafficking?
Sex workers say, "yes."
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VIDEO: John Stossel with Penn Jillette
The Libertarian Magician
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Prostitution Freed From Legal Restrictions In Canada
by Brooke Magnanti. Yesterday, the long running saga of sex worker
Terri Jean Bedford's (pictured at right) challenge to Canadian
restrictions on prostitution came to a head as the Supreme Court of
Canada unanimously struck down
several such laws in
Canada v. Bedford. Declaring laws restricting
brothel-keeping, negotiating the ... MORE
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A Guide To The World's Most Libertarian Countries
by Alasdair Baverstock. As Uruguay, a country which has never criminalised cannabis for personal use, turns to legalising its cultivation and distribution, we look at other trailblazing, libertarian countries. In 2001, Portugal became the first European country to decriminalise possession of all drugs for personal use. The country introduced ... MORE
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VIDEO: Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do
Sex first, then arrest hooker. Your tax dollars at work!
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Thomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene
from the brilliant observations department: I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his — and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a politician's word, that is too close to call. If an American citizen went off to join Hitler's army during ... MORE
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