Friday A/V Club: NBC's Infamous Insta-Movie About Waco
A TV film that was so misleading, the screenwriter asked the surviving Davidians for forgiveness
A TV film that was so misleading, the screenwriter asked the surviving Davidians for forgiveness
What rare Hellenistic statues tell us about the ancient world and 21st-century America.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in a brutal tale of survival and revenge.
The 2012 LP presidential candidate says "banning face veils wouldn't work, and would be impossible to enforce without infringing on basic rights."
Mohammad is nowhere to be seen. Neither is any courage.
Big movie studios are already tweaking their films, and online services like Netflix may follow.
First Cocktail Chatter of 2016!
Allegations of race and gender bias comprise the most unfair campus rape investigation ever, at the University of Findlay.
Were the murdered journalists "free speech martyrs" or "hipster racists"?
Salon praises the Germans' salutary fealty to rules, since it helped get rid of Uber.
Does your failure to yield make you look gay?
East Carolina University's new consent policy is quite broad.
Contrary to overheated press reports, they were under the influence of nothing but religious fanaticism.
A new Louis Vuitton ad campaign features Jayden Smith in a skirt. That's apparently transphobic.
Mohammed Rasool was held as "protective measure" since August, as part of crackdown on free press.
A scitech research and policy round up for January 5, 2016
"The act of tattooing is sheltered by the First Amendment."
The misleading uses, flagrant abuses, and shoddy statistics of social science about gun violence
Does the state have authority to control who may be married if they aren't seeking recognition or benefits?
Getting government out of the way would protect women and employers alike.
Pro football lives on massive consumption of painkillers, but still bans therapeutic use of pot.
The late singer's massive 1991 "duet" with her dead father foreshadowed a world of musical mashups.
From Interstellar to Inside Out, stolen movies help increase and engage audiences.
Andrew WK, role model for fun, wants you to party in honor of the Motorhead frontman.
Congress is never at a loss for a reason to be threatened by free expression.
Never finance billionaires' vanity projects with public money.
A new study shows Germany's Reinheitsgebot is turning off younger drinkers and driving them to non-German beers.
The anti-doomsaying book for this decade*
Fans hate seeing superstars turn mortal, but they love fond farewells.
"Nobody has worked harder for the human condition than I have!" says noted statesman Jerry Lewis.
Criminals, terrorists, and madmen with guns-how fears of violence reshaped American politics
When Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tipper Gore, Mr. Rogers and the Cos joined at the White House to lament the state of children's TV programming
It's time to rethink the stigma surrounding this "performance-enhancing drug."
Cosby's own testimony provided the impetus for prosecutors to reopen the case.
New Years Resolution: Stop putting your kids and other people at risk
What you need to know about the year's biggest international hotspots, revolutions, and brewing conflicts.
It is time to rejoice, for all our troubles are so far away...
The Grey Lady gets cold feet about the First Amendment.
A society that valorizes victimization will get more victims. One that champions heroism will get more heroes.
Impossibly potent marijuana edibles, formaldehyde in e-cigarettes, pills of war, MDMA disguised as Halloween candy, and superhuman flakka zombies.
Bell v. Itawamba County School Board asks the court to decide whether public schools may discipline students for off-campus speech.
Food policy cognoscenti discuss the top issues of 2015 and predict what might happen in 2016.
Every year I ask myself: Do I go with the flow? Or is it another holiday season of mu shu pork?