Playboys are men who aspire to live an affluent, hedonistic and sexually extravagant lifestyle. Typically, playboys resist perceived restrictions society places on a maturing man, seeking instead to enjoy their adulthood while perpetuating wild and...

The Puritan influence in American culture lasted far longer than did the Puritans themselves. Over the years, the prudishness of the Puritans combined with the rigid moral code of fundamentalist Protestants and the sexually conservative teachings of...

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TWO films and both of them good; wonders will never cease. Take, first, The Playboys, coscripted and directed by Shane Connaughton, scenarist of the remarkable My Left Foot. The story, set and shot in the village of Redhills in Eire, just south of...

UPFRONT EDITORIAL An advertising colleague asked a potential client if he was familiar with The Scientist. "Yes, of course," the man responded. "It's the only real scientific magazine, a kind of Playboy for geeks." I have to admit to being delighted with...

The editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia was acquitted Thursday of charges that he violated the Muslim nation's indecency laws by publishing pictures of scantily clothed women.Erwin Arnada had faced a maximum punishment of nearly three years in prison in a case closely watched by strict Muslims,...

Playboy is heading back to school to boost the bottom line. Riding a wave of renewed popularity among consumers around the globe, Hugh Hefner's Playboy empire is set to launch a sexy social networking site dedicated solely to college students, its latest online venture as...