An Open Letter To Our Readers
August, 2006
What is the definition of a progressive? A good one may be "someone who admits to reading Playboy." After all, as a reader pointed out in response to the angry letters we received regarding our interview with Al Franken, the magazine's first subscribers, in the 1950s, were by definition progressives. They wanted to read about sex at a time when Hef had to go to court to be able to send photos of bare breasts through the U.S. mail. Politics rarely reared its ugly head in those early iss...
