Copyright Case Against 'Stairway to Heaven' Goes Down Like a Lead Zeppelin
The jury reached the right decision.
Culture
Video Game Developers Spent Three Years in Legal Fight to Use Trademarked Word 'Sky' in Title
Release of No Man's Sky was delayed nearly two months.
Two Kinds of Social Conservatism
Whether Donald Trump is "socially conservative" depends on what sort of social conservatism you mean.
Yes, Blue Moon Is Brewed by the Second-Biggest Beer Company In America. It Can Still Be a 'Craft Beer'
A federal court finds Belgian-style witbier Blue Moon is not deceptively advertised as a craft beer.
Fantasy Sports May Return to New York After State Secures Its Cut
It's not just about 'protecting consumers.'
Free-Speech Groups Urge Veto on Rhode Island 'Sextortion' Measure
The state's new "revenge porn" measure is "so breathtakingly broad...that it criminalizes activity that involves neither revenge nor porn."
Spanish Cardinal Faces Criminal Charges for Homily Remarks
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares faces hate speech charges for questioning "gay empire," "radical feminism," and "gender theory" during homily.
Busy Weekend for Turkish Police, Attacking Gay Pride Parade and Radiohead Fans
Multiple demonstrations against fundamentalism cracked down on in Istanbul.
Presidential Politics Pays Off for Cable News, But Networks and Newspapers Continue to Flounder
As print papers continue their decline, cable programs and mobile content are picking up the slack.
Ronald Bailey and Robin Hanson Talk Robot Overlords at Cato: Video
Hanson presents his new book, The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth. I discuss.
Why 'I'm Not As Bad As the Other Two' Won't Work for Gary Johnson
That is not moderation, it is a cop out.
Terror Semantics, the AR-15 McGuffin, Runaway Aboutism, and the Clinton/Trump Follies: Working Through Orlando on The Fifth Column
Your favorite libertarian podcast tackles the nation's deadliest mass shooting
Defending Due Process for Pre-Criminals, and Criticizing Mike Rowe's Anti-Passion Absolutism
Matt Welch talks Orlando and more on Red Eye
Why Shouldn't We Deport or Imprison Muslim Citizens Who Celebrate Terrorism?
Tom Shillue asks, Matt Welch answers, on Fox News' Red Eye at 3 a.m.
New Media Versus Silicon Valley
The disrupters have become the disrupted in only a few short years.
In America, Muslims Are More Likely to Support Gay Marriage Than Evangelical Christians
Don't succumb to the fear that U.S. followers of Islam are time bombs waiting to explode.
Ken Burns Slams Donald Trump in Stanford Address
"Asking this man to assume the highest office in the land would be like asking a newly minted car driver to fly a 747."
Five Years and $500 Million Later, USDA Admits That 'Food Deserts' Don't Matter
You can lead people to Whole Foods, but you can't make them buy organic kale.
The Anti-Pot Editorial That Cost $140 Million
After an ardent prohibitionist bought Nevada's leading newspaper, a formerly libertarian editorial board suddenly turned against marijuana legalization.
Winery Fights Utah's Laughably Awful 'Zion Curtain' Rule
The law requires blocking the view of alcohol being mixed or poured.
How Privatization and Competition Freed the Web and Made the Modern World Possible
The historical importance of the National Science Foundation's decision to surrender control of the internet
If Politicians Were Controlled by Space Aliens, Would We Notice?
Kang and Kodos go to Washington in new CBS show.
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy, Will Probably Change Ownership
Over $140 million judgment for hosting Hulk Hogan sex tape.
Friday A/V Club: The Terrible Things That Can Happen When a Pop Act Makes a Movie
An artifact of the last great rock panic
Sheldon Adelson Buys Editorial Support for Pot Prohibition
When Nevada's largest newspaper changed owners, it changed its position on marijuana legalization.
Movie Reviews: Now You See Me 2 and Genius
More magic from Jesse Eisenberg and friends, none at all from Jude Law and Colin Firth.
CORRECTION: Gene Drives, the Precautionary Principle, and the National Academy of Sciences
Go slow and let more people suffer and die
Sign of Progress: Millennial Women Don't Care That Hillary Clinton Is a Woman.
It's a BFD that nobody really cares that Hillary might become the first female president.
Roseanne Barr, Socialist for Trump
Why a leftist sitcom star prefers Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton
Trump Presidency Could Cost United States the World Cup, U.S. Soccer Prez Says
Hysterics hitting eleven.
Anthony Bourdain: "I support your inalienable right to say really stupid, offensive shit."
CNN host understands people have the right to hold incorrect politics and still do business in the U.S.
Cobb County Has No Money Left for Public Parks Because They Gave it All to the Atlanta Braves
Voters supported funding parks, but not a billionaire's ballpark.
"Let people do what they want with their own bodies and property": Q&A with Todd Seavey
'Libertarianism for Beginners' was born in seeing the Soviet Union collapse.
Ralph Nader on Trigger Warnings: 'Young Men Now Are Far Too Sensitive Because They've Never Been in a Draft'
"Do you know, Lydia, there are no ethnic-joke books in bookstores anymore?"
Spanking Website Wins Battle Against British Web Censors
The U.K. Office of Communications has ruled in favor of feminist pornographer Pandora Blake and her site DreamsOfSpanking.com.
China's Other Cultural Revolution
Black markets, books, music, and sex in Mao's Middle Kingdom
Good *Without* God? "Reason Rally" Draws Thousands of Atheists to DC
Penn Jillette, Bill Nye, and other non-believers gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to show their rising numbers and political strength
How Muhammad Ali Changed America—And His Role in Malcolm X's Murder
Sportswriter Robert Lipsyte on the Greatest's massive, contradictory legacy in politics and culture.
Why the FDA's Updated Nutrition Facts Label Is a Stinker
The mandatory 'added sugar' disclosure is a misleading loser.
Is This X-Men: Apocalypse Poster Really Promoting Violence Against Women?
Rose McGowan and Salon think so. I don't.
Artificial Robot Brains Take Over the World
A review of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
Friday A/V Club: Your Dad's Rock Idols Explain Whitewater
A quick primer for the post-Clinton generation
Movie Review: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island pals in solid-gold form.
