Charles Paul Freund is a contributing editor at Reason.
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Why Are These ISIS Fighters Kicking Each Other in the Groin?
Great moments in jihadist combat training.
The DJ Who Helped Win the Cold War
Voice of America's Willis Conover got the Soviet Bloc jazzed up.
Syria: Chinese Uyghurs Killing Russian Spies According to Turkey's Plan
It's a Zionist conspiracy, of course
The Return of Roger Fuckebythenavele
Oldest use of the word fucke sexually in writing pushed back 150 years.
Can a Nice Muslim Girl from Maryland Really Identify as Jewish?
Amna Farooqi, Muslim head of Israel-advocacy group J Street, says she is "culturally Jewish."
The Muddied Racial Histories of Our American Presidents
The lengthy history of applying the one-drop rule to our chief executive
The Last Consolation of Jefferson Davis
A few years ago, Congress pardoned the Confederate president but his statues and namesakes may be starting to come down.
How a Voice of America DJ Helped the U.S. Win the Cold War
Willis Conover and that Cold War jazz
The 'White Negro' Hall of Fame Needs a New Wing for Rachel Dolezal
For better and worse, fluid racial identity has long been part of hipster culture
Hunger for Fascism
Al Pacino withdraws from a play, and from the dark side of the Avant-Garde.
Tomorrowland: 'Atlas Shrugged reimagined by Mickey Mouse'
Is director Brad Bird's film an "insidiously political" argument for the value of individual achievement?
Game of Thrones Meets Marguerite de Navarre
Historical views of sexual violence make modern television look remarkably moral and restrained.
ISIS As 'Zionist Enterprise'
Some Muslims in the Middle East insist the Islamic State is an Israeli-funded project despite any evidence that would suggest that.
The Genie Killed My Girlfriend
If you're going to blame the deed on a supernatural beastie, you have to do it right
Watching American Sniper in Baghdad
Iraqi audiences are flocking to watch the controversial film - and liking what they see.
Orwell's 1984 Still Matters, Though Not in the Way You Might Think
A Washington, D.C., readathon reminds us that the left once hated this anti-totalitarian classic.
The Politics of Pants
It was consumers, not marketers, that made jeans a symbol of youthful revolt.
Lion of the Desert, Fanatics In the Street
The poetic injustice of Moustapha Akkad's murder
