Book Reviews
Why Civil Rights and Gun Rights Are Inseparable
A riveting new book restores "the black tradition of arms" to its proper place in American history.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Propaganda, games, and the quest for a more 'democratic' media environment.
Arrested Development
Economists who set out to help the world's poor may actually be part of the problem.
Living with Inequality
Has Thomas Piketty really found "the central contradiction of capitalism"?
Liberal Pundits of the World Unite Over Thomas Piketty's New Book
Democratic pundits have enthusiastically and unconditionally embraced Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book that evokes Karl Marx and talks about tweaking the Soviet experiment.
How People Behave in Virtual Worlds: A Review of The Proteus Paradox
Down on the collective gold farm.
Greenspan's Blindness
The former Fed chief seems oblivious to his role in the housing bubble, the financial crisis, and the recession.
How Writers Coped Without Copyright
Intellectual property and piracy managed to co-exist in 19th-century America.
Conscription Is Not the Answer Either
Andrew Bacevich's powerful critique of U.S. foreign policy backs the wrong remedy.
Freedom Feminism Still Isn't Either
Any so-called "freedom feminism" that includes Phyllis Schlafly and the anti-choice wing of the conservative movement is not libertarian, says Sharon Presley.
The Vanity of American Exceptionalism
Charles Murray's latest mixes American history with self-flattery.
Transforming a Tower
An abandoned real estate project becomes a hive of self-organized activity.
Defending Freedom Feminism
Not reactionary, says the author, but rather a call for a reality-based, liberty-centered, male-respecting, judicious feminism.
Can Christina Hoff Sommers Save Feminism?
A conservative writer's "freedom feminism" agenda is short on both freedom and feminism.
Is Skynet Inevitable?
Artificial intelligence and the possibility of human extinction
Rehabilitating an Unusual Libertarian Heroine
Cartoonist Peter Bagge on the life of birth control rights pioneer Margaret Sanger
Irrational Exuberance or Irrational Policies?
Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan seems blind to his role in the housing bubble, the financial crisis, and the recession.
The FDA Stifles the Advance of Modern Molecular Medicine
Wall Street Journal review of the new book, The Cure in the Code, by Peter Huber
How Writers Coped Without Copyright
What would happen if copyright didn't protect against piracy? The answer can be found in history.
India's Feminist Vigilantes
The Pink Gang takes a DIY approach to fighting rapists and abusers.
