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Assimilation, 2016-Style: Come to America, Learn Vietnamese
East meets South in Orange County, California.
Appeals Court Won't Reconsider Ruling That Applies Title IX Protections to Transgender Students
Transgender boy demanded right to use men's room at school.
How the Federal Government Is Killing Free Speech on Campus
Reason's Robby Soave and Matt Welch discuss the current climate of political correctness among college students.
Food Policy and the 2016 Presidential Election
Farm subsides, GMO responses, and regulatory overreach should prompt some discussion.
Former Kentucky Constable Accused of Running Prostitution Ring for Police and Lawmaker Friends
The enterprise allegedly hired women and teens to service powerful clients.
Friday A/V Club: G.I. Joe's Guide to Monetary Policy
If you want to learn economics from a TV cartoon, you're better off watching South Park.
Decriminalization Is the Only Feminist, Humane Response to Prostitution, Says Human-Rights Group Amnesty International
Group calls on governments worldwide to stop the criminalization of sex work
Katie Couric Responds to Deceptive Editing Charges in Gun Documentary
Couric offers advice for aspiring journalists and a little self-reflection.
Katie Couric Anti-Gun Doc Deceptively Edited to Suggest Gun Rights Activists Don't Have Answers
The cable channel running Under the Gun says it stands behind the "creative and editorial judgment."
Crashes Caused by Negligence Are Still Accidents
The movement to stop calling car crashes "accidents" blurs an important distinction.
Bondholders Never Bothered to Vet Curt Schilling's 38 Studios' Finances Because They Knew Taxpayers Would Pay
Taxpayer-guaranteed loans (with interest) are always a safe bet for lenders.
Former MLB Pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee Running For Governor of Vermont
One of baseball's weirdest players ever wants to be chief executive of America's crunchiest state.
Baby Boomers and the Politics of Midcentury Nostalgia
"Our body politic is itself an aging boomer looking back upon his glory days," argues Yuval Levin in his new book.
Weiner: A Horror-Comedy Documentary About Ambition in Electoral Politics
Forget the salacious gossip, Weiner is about the nightmare of defining your life in a popularity contest.
Chef Roy Choi Is Trying to Reinvent Fast Food
LocoL will open its second location in Oakland next week.
Cabbage 'Spills,' Hog-Hunting, and Farm Aid Vetoes: Three Food Policy Stories from the States
A trio of interesting stories aren't making national headlines.
Is It Ethical to Grow Human Organs in Pigs?
Fomenting another useless moral panic over biotechnology
Ronald Bailey Argues for Transhumanism at the Washington Post
My fellow Americans should not get to vote on what enhancements I might want
Friday A/V Club: Popeye, Bluto, Daffy Duck, Snoopy, and Betty Boop Run for President
Donald Trump isn't the first cartoon character to make a bid for the White House.
Movie Reviews: The Nice Guys and Weiner
Buddy-flick magic with Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, and the crash-and-burn of a sex-crazed congressman.
Judge Won't Halt San Francisco's Forced Nanny State Soda Warnings
Did you know sugar helps make you fat? Of course you did.
The Yard Goats are a Farm Team Without a Farm
The centerpiece of Hartford's $400 million development misses another deadline.
Was Yesterday's SCOTUS Decision in Zubik a Win for Religious Liberty? You Bet It Was
That this case got as far as it did is an indictment of the Obama administration.
Biotech Crop Safety Scientific Consensus Confirmed by National Academy of Sciences
"No substantiated evidence of a difference in risks to human health between current commercially available genetically engineered (GE) crops and conventionally bred crops"
The Unholy Anti-Immigration Alliance Between Pro-Life Conservatives and Population Control Weirdos
National Review is the sole link to respectability for neo-Malthusian, ultra-restrictionist outfits that enviros are shunning.
Big Brother is Coming to a Music Festival Near You
Police in the U.K. and U.S. have used facial recognition technology on concertgoers.
Woody Allen Defends Nasty Jokes, Even Made at His Own Expense
"I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want," says Allen after being the target of a child-molesting jab at Cannes.
Glyphosate Not a Cancer Risk, Concludes FAO and WHO Expert Panel
Roundup "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans"
'Blue-Eyed Soul' Singer Daryl Hall To Critics of Cultural Appropriation: 'STFU'
Goes rougher on record company execs and the music industry more generally.
The FDA's Push to Define 'Natural' Food is an Exercise in Futility
Let consumers, advocates, and courts decide.
'Equal Pay for Equal Work?' We're Almost There
In a 33-country study, the pay gap between men and women working the same jobs was just 1.6 percent.
Flying Dog Brewery Wins First Amendment Battle, Uses Proceeds to Promote Free Speech
The brewery will use damages from its case against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to launch a 1st Amendment Society.
Is It Ethical to Synthesize an Entire Human Genome? Yes!
Genomes are not "sacred" entities needing some kind of special moral consideration.
Friday A/V Club: Jonestown's In-House R&B Band Performs 'The Greatest Love of All'
Recorded seven months before the massacre
The World's Worst Mom on America's Frenzy of Fear
Elementary school pick up shouldn't resemble the Fall of Saigon.
