Dejection 2012

America ratifies an untenable status quo.

Matt Welch

Contributors

Letters

The Rioter’s Veto

Can violence in the Middle East justify censorship in the United States?

Jacob Sullum

Half the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong

Old truths decay and new ones are born at an astonishing rate.

Ronald Bailey

When Cities Go Bankrupt

Municipal failure is bad for creditors and unions, but potentially good for taxpayers.

Tim Cavanaugh

Six Degrees of Military Spending

Nearly everyone knows someone who gets paid by the Pentagon. That’s why it’s so hard to cut.

Veronique de Rugy

Urban Renewal, Corporate-Style

Zappos.com founder tries to resurrect downtown Las Vegas.

Greg Beato

Putin Goes to Church

Russia’s unholy new alliance between Orthodox and state

Cathy Young

Detroit

City of unintended consequences!

Peter Bagge

American Apocalypse

Never-ending predictions that the world is about to end

Jesse Walker

Atlas Shrugged Part II: Election Edition

Rand’s timeless novel is recast as a Tea Party fable.

Brian Doherty

Your Cellphone Is Spying on You

How the surveillance state co-opted personal technology

Ronald Bailey

Unsafe Security

A sociologist aptly analyzes our failures in top-down protection.

Bruce Schneier

Impeach Lincoln!

Matthew Feeney

The Mongols Are Coming!

A new trilogy courtesy of Neal Stephenson's cult following.

Katherine Mangu-Ward

Survivor: Nuclear Edition

Scott Shackford

Drug War, Class War

Matt Welch

Grade-School Humor

Jacob Sullum