Sex

Sex: By the numbers
Our top 20 favorite things about sex this year

Sex: Sexual IQ test
How sexologically up-to-date are you? Alt.sex.column's Andrea Nemerson springs a current-events pop quiz
By Andrea Nemerson

Sex: Hard science
Do bisexuals exist? Aided by soft porn and beer, the Bay Guardian conducts a rigorous study.
Experiment executed by Deborah Giattina

Sex: Best sex toy purchases of 2005
A short list.
By Annalee Newitz

Sex: Celebrity skin
Film critic Cheryl Eddy ponders boudoir star turns by Paris et al.

Sex: Page-turners
A literary roundup of bisexual vampires, libidinal cheerleading, kinky shorts, and more.

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Community Internet: Broadband as a Public Utility
From Freepress.net: Hundreds of cities and towns are launching Community Internet systems that promise universal, affordable access to high-speed broadband services.
Now telecom and cable lobbyists are pushing a federal bill that would outlaw Community Internet and municipal broadband everywhere.
Stop this disastrous bill. Send a letter to Congress now.

Journalists under fire
Press freedom alerts, journalists in high risk zones, digests from the frontlines of the free press around the globe, and links to national and international organizations working for press freedom

Freedom of information
Alerts, news and commentary on sunshine, open government and first amendment issues. This week from the California First Amendment Coalition: The Jacko Exception to the First Amendment - For persons who care about public access to trials, the Michael Jackson case has been a nightmare.