Penthouse February 1996

ON THE COVER Pet of the Year Runner-Up Levena Holmes, photographed by Suze Randall. Her pictorial begins on page 92. FEATURES 8 FAST FORWARD TV: by Richard Stratton; 'Spirits," by Alexis Bespaloff; "Film," by Marcia Pally; 'Sounds," by Wayne Robins 17 VIEW FROM THE TOP Essays by Emily Prager, Joe Bob Briggs, Ben Stein, and Lesley Hazleton 22 CRIME PAYS—BIG TIME! An inside look at how drug dealers and serial murderers live in comfort on your tax money. by George Taylor 46 MAW COMPUTER PERVERTS Sex on the Internet. Is the cure worse than the disease? By Bruce Selcraig; with companion articles by Alan M. Dershowitz and Gerard Van der Leun 62 SMART SEX Sex as a gift of love, by Judy Kuriansky 84 KEITH RICHARDS Interview by Rick Petreycik 115 CENTRAL PARK BREAST Satire by Bill Lee 139 BEDTIME STORIES "The Baby-sitter," by Martha Miller PICTORIALS 33 HEATHER, ANDREA & ROY Photos by Earl Miller 67 PET OF THE MONTH Sabrina West; photos by Suze Randall 92 PET OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP Levena Holmes; photos by Suze Randall 123 PARIS FASHION '96 DEPARTMENTS 2 HOUSECALL 4 FORUM 16 CALL ME MADAM 27 SORAYAMA 30 DREAMS & DIVERSIONS 57 MEN'S HEALTH & FITNESS 64 RIGHT STUFF 83 MILITARY AFFAIRS 87 HOFMEKLER'S PEOPLE 104 THE PENIS PAGE 106 HARD TIMES 108 THE JOKE MAN 110 X-RATED VIDEO 120 RUNNER-UP GIFTS 133 PENTHOUSE COMIX