Penthouse December 1989

4 HOUSECALL Introduction 6 FORUM Correspondence 20 SOUNDS Comment Vin Scelsa 22 U.S.A. CONFIDENTIAL: Falwell's Diploma Mill News Sharon Churcher 24 FILM Comment Marcia Pally 26 BEN STEIN'S DAY OFF Essay Ben Stein 28 FINAL STRAW Humor Jeff Klineman 30 SMART SEX Service B. D. Colen 32 FINANCE Service Jerome Tuccille 34 MEN'S RIGHTS Comment Sidney Siller 36 HEALTH Service Gary Null 38 JUSTICE Comment Alan M Dershowitz 40 WOMEN: Anne Baruch Profile Marcia Pally 41 MINOLTA SEARCH PARTY 42 RIGHT STUFF Service Gerard Van der Leun 44 CALL ME MADAM Service Xaviera Hollander 53 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment Emily Prager 54 WORDS Babs Lefrak 54 CAMPUS VIEW Jon Ross 55 SCFNES Patrice Baldwin 56 FASHION Lynn Kearcher 58 'WORK FOR US OR DIE' Article John Cummings 61 DREAMS & DIVERSIONS Lifestyles 65 DOMINIQUE Pictorial Photos by Earl Miller 74 SHATTERED INNOCENTS Article "Laura White" and Lucy Freeman 78 HARVEST OF BLOOD Reportage Steve Hart 86 STALKING THE ULTIMATE THRILL Article Geoffrey Tabin 90 SNOW Fiction Anthony Burgess 91 KICKING BABETTE Fiction Charles Simmons 94 DRIVE Article Larry Bird With Bob Ryan 99 KIRSTEN Pet of the Month Photos by May Austen and Jack Harrison 114 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER Service Jonathan I. Z. Agronsky 116 A BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Essay David Mamet 118 INTO THE WOODS Pictorial Photos by Carl Wachter 128 DOLLARS & SCENTS Article Lisa Collier Cool 131 SOLANGE Pictorial Photos by Philip Mond 142 SPORTING LIFE Column Brett Sonnenschein 144 GETTING ORIENTED Article Ellis Henican 146 AMERICAS FINEST BORDELLO Article Gary Guarino 153 HOFMEKLER S PEOPLE Satire Ori Hofmekler 154 STAND-UP GUYS: John Mulrooney Profile Nanette Varian 156 FREQUENT FLYER Article Al Goldstein 163 CHRISTMAS PRESENT Satire Peter C Vey 169 HARD TIMES Humor 172 PARTING SHOT Satire Edward Sorel 204 GAMES Diversions Gerard Van der Leun 208 X-RATED VIDEO Service Al Goldstein Our cover features Pet of the Month Kirsten Stewart, who was photographed by May Austen and Jack Harrison. Her pictorial begins on page 99.