prostitution

Legalized prostitution in Vegas?

In the past year we’ve heard talk of lowering the gambling age to 18 and allowing strip clubs in Strip casinos. Now comes another trial balloon: legal prostitution in Las Vegas. From the LV Sun: In these tough budgetary times, the chairman of a key state Senate committee is willing to consider the world’s oldest […]

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Sin City, circa 1940

The “Sin City” label is a pretty new (and, all things considered, pretty lame) tag for Las Vegas. In the 1940s and 1950s, several cities held claim to the title, including Phenix City, Alabama. Really. From the Shelbyville (TN) Times-Gazette: Jack Culpepper’s first run-in with the steamier side of Phenix City life occurred in the

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Macau nightlife

This week, I was talking to a reporter about the comparative nightlife of Macau and Singapore (I actually was taken to this place in Singapore). I struggled for words to tactfully explain what appeared to be the rampant prostitution in both cities. Singapore did a much better job of containing aggressively solicitous prostitutes to the

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