the evils of dildos; on Feb. 13, sex-toy retailers in Texas rejoiced when a federal appeals court ruled that a Texas prohibition against the sale of dildos and pocket pussies violated the 14th Amendment. Texas is not about to take this insult lying down. Last week, state Attorney General Greg Abbott petitioned the appellate court to reconsider the matter. Abbott wrote that, if permitted to stand, the court's decision may "invite … challenges to previously-uncontroversial criminal prohibitions" on sexual practices such as "consensual adult incest or bigamy". Ok, is it just me or is the Texas Attorney General really saying that allowing Texans to own dildos will lead to Texans fucking members of their immediate families—and then marrying all their relatives too. Only a ban on dildos, it seems, stands between Texas and total incestuous, bigamous anarchy. Do we live in Iran?