Trump Recycles False Claim that Video Gaming Causes School Shootings
Attacking violent video games is useless political theater.
Culture
'Gun Politics Is Where the Easy Caricature of America's Radicalized Youth Marching Toward Socialism Ends'
Young Americans don't fit into dying 20th-century culture-war tribes.
People Will Eat What They Want, Not What Government Prefers
Nanny efforts in the U.S. and Chile to shape eating habits continue to accomplish little.
Movie Review: Black Panther
Marvel blockbuster might not change the world, but it could definitely change the movie business.
Child Custody, Religion, and Children's Reactions to a Parent's Religious Demands
"The change in the child's relationship with the father based on the child's fear of his displeasure if she were not a 'true Muslim,' and her belief that he threatened to abscond with her to Morocco, also contributed to the change in circumstances warranting modification" of the custody arrangement.
Princeton Professor Cancels 'Hate Speech' Class After Backlash from Offended Students
Students yelled expletives at Lawrence Rosen during class.
Happy Valentine's Day! Here's Why You Shouldn't Get Married If You Earn About as Much as Your Partner!
Tax penalties for getting married hit low-income and high-income couples alike. And getting divorced is now more expensive too!
Cutting Federal Funding for the Arts Wouldn't Kill Them; Might Make Them Better
One bright spot in Donald Trump's very bad, very insane budget plan is his willingness to cut taxpayer-funded culture.
Robots Are Skiing Now. Will They Take Winter Olympians' Jobs?
No, but they're awesome anyway.
Sony Apologizes for Weaponizing a Food Allergy in Peter Rabbit, Because We Live in Stupid Times
Is a slingshotted blackberry really worse than constant attempted murder?
Catholic School Parents Fight Lesbian Teacher's Firing. Here's Why That's Good.
School choice and cultural pressure are better than government mandates.
Did We Get the Tea Party Wrong?: Podcast
An autopsy for the brief limited-government era of conservatism that ended on Friday
Why It's a Good Thing We're Fighting Over Coverage of Kim Jong Un's Sister
The Olympics-and nation-states-are less important than ever to our lives and geopolitics.
California Food Nannies Shutter Startup for Home Cooks
Josephine, in the Bay Area, linked aspiring food entrepreneurs with hungry neighbors.
New Jersey Cop Fired for Having Once Appeared in Fetish Films
Meanwhile, drunk driving and vehicular assault by officers are not firing offenses in Hudson County.
'Family Values' Republican Accused of Paying for Sex Also Voted to Raise Penalties for Paying for Sex
Last year, Utah's Jon E. Stanard voted to raise the penalty for soliciting prostitution to $2,500. And this year...
The Dark Side of the Olympics — and How to Fix it
The Olympics is a great athletic event. But it also often features horrible human rights abuses, enormous waste, and propaganda for dictatorships. It doesn't have to be that way.
The Olympics Can't Transcend Politics. Just Ask the Nazis.
Sports, and sport broadcasting, can never be apolitical when nations are going head-to-head on the field of play.
Dilbert's Scott Adams Explains How He Knew Trump Would 'Win Bigly'
The cartoonist-turned-political-prognisticator talks about "master persuaders" and winning arguments in a "world where facts don't matter."
Vatican Official Says China, Which Persecutes Christians and Murders Dissidents, Is the Country 'Best Implementing the Social Doctrine of the Church'
An Argentinian bishop in Rome may not be the best authority on Chinese politics.
No Freedom From the Church of America
The religion this church administers is Americanism, a species of nationalism.
The Super Bowl, Brought To You By Taxpayers
The National Football League is propped up by a wide range of public subsidies.
FDA Begins Implementing Awful Food-Safety Law
FSMA will put many small farmers out of business.
Groundhog Day: 2018
Does the news ever feel like the same thing over and over and over again?
Farewell to Nicholas von Hoffman, the Newsman Who Got Fired for Comparing Nixon to a Dead Mouse
Friday A/V Club: Columnist, broadcaster, and critic of concentrated power
What's Hot in Porn Tech: Blockchain, Cam Girls, and Snapchat
New technologies are helping the adult industry adjust to government regulations and give more power to performers.
Sadly, America's Not the Freest Country in the World
The U.S. used to come in second or third in rankings, but according to the latest Human Freedom Index it's at 17.
The Insane Hindu Protests Against a Bollywood Movie
India is becoming one, big offense industry
Stossel: How Free Are You?
Where does the United States land on the 2017 Freedom Index? Not as high as you think.
Oklahoma State Activists Want a Bias Response Team with the Power to Punish Racially Insensitive Speech
Why not abolish the microaggression police instead?
Both the Grammys and the State of the Union Worship at the Cult of the Presidency: Podcast
Working toward a de-presidentified future while trying to imagine an immigration deal that isn't awful
'My Plan Is to Let People Do Whatever They Please'
The daily newspaper columns of H.L. Mencken
R.I.P. Ursula K. Le Guin, Author of One of the Greatest Novels About Freedom Ever Written
How libertarians learned to stop worrying and love The Dispossessed
Mark E. Smith, Singer/Lyricist for the British Postpunk Band The Fall, R.I.P.
The sly, scabrous, absurdist Smith was one of the few anti-left voices of his musical generation.
Regulations Prevent Some People from Using Google Arts & Culture's Portrait-Matching Feature
Illinois and Texas think biometric identifiers are a lawsuit waiting to happen.
'Sexually Promiscuous' Professor at the University of Rochester Faces Censure Vote
Florian Jaeger engaged in inappropriate sexual relationships with students, but broke no university policy.
Sexual Politics Needs More Economics: Podcast
Probing uncomfortable gender and generational splits on the latest Reason podcast.
