Alva Review-Courier -

It would be disingenuous not to recognize the accomplishments of Hugh Hefner. He was an empire builder who touched an incalculable number of lives, so it seems fitting to write a tribute to his numerous accomplishments.

Hugh, you created an empire around the name Playboy, which describe the life you lived, and the life you sold. Under that name, you sold what you called sexual freedom and harmless male entertainment. Sex that was free from the guilt of a puritanical, and oppressive set of religious values. And we bought it by the millions. Millions of males wanted to emulate your lifestyle. I...