Chicago Would Be Even More of a Disaster if It Had Been Awarded the 2016 Olympics
The city is still paying the tab for the bid-but it could have been much worse.
Culture
Teen Girl Sells Sex. Teen Boy Serves as Bodyguard. Teen Boy Gets Arrested by Homeland Security for Child Sex-Trafficking
If convicted, the boy-an 18-year-old homeless refugee from Ghana-faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, with life imprisonment possible.
New Gay-Friendly GOP Targets LGBTQ Voters With Fabulousness, Fearmongering, While Democrats Embrace Hillary Clinton, Transgender Movement
From a limited-government, classical-liberal perspective, neither convention presented an inspiring future for LGBT activism.
How Brazil's Libertarian Movement Helped Bring Down a President
Can these millennial activists defeat the left and save Brazil?
Generation Safe Space Is Having Less Sex: Thanks A Lot, Capitalism. (Seriously, Thanks.)
Millennials are making different lifestyle choices, and that's fine.
Begun the War Between Jedis and Atheists Has, in Australia
"Jedis" are rapidly increasing in Oz, which pisses off non-believers for some good and bad reasons.
Trump Campaign Strikes Right Note on Melania's Nude Pictures
This is probably the closest thing to a pro-sex-work stance that any major-party candidate has ever taken.
Staying Classy, Trump Impugns Parents of Dead Muslim Soldier
The Republican presidential nominee says he has read the Constitution, but Khizr Khan "has no right" to ask.
Monster Win Is Good For Energy Drink Makers and Consumers
Is the foolish campaign against energy drinks fizzling out?
Is Global Warming a Sign of the End Times?
A new Yale poll finds 14 percent of Americans think so
Friday A/V Club: What We Left at the World's Fair
John Crowley and Jason Robards look back at a festival of social planning.
Gary Johnson's Religious Freedom Position Needs Some Critical Analysis
A better argument is required than a fear of a slippery slope.
Jerry Doyle, RIP. Radio Host and Babylon 5 Star Was 60.
"It's not Left vs Right, it's right vs wrong!"
The New York Times Knows Florida's Self-Defense Law Is Bad but Can't Figure Out Why
The dismissal of a manslaughter charge against a sheriff's deputy gives the paper another opportunity to misrepresent Florida's law.
Social Justice on Display: Protest Art at the Democratic Convention
Gun violence, police abuse, and feminism loom large in pop-up art exhibit at DNC
You Can Get Chick-Fil-A at the DNC, But Good Luck Finding a Salad
Does Michelle Obama know the DNC is a "food desert"?
Is Pokemon Go the Most Libertarian Game Ever Made?
Credit Pokemon Go's success to its lack of rules and regulations.
Tim LaHaye, 1926–2016
The Left Behind coauthor and Moral Majority cofounder dies at age 90.
Atheists Decry DNC Plot to 'Out' Sanders For Alleged Non-Belief
This divisive strategem has outraged the nice secular folks over at the Center for Inquiry
Sex, Booze, and Boehner's Warehouse: An RNC Nightlife Recap
Kid Rock and escorts and Trump porn, oh my
Cotton, Coercion, and Capitalism
A sweeping history aims to change the way we think about the origins of capitalism.
Massachusetts Voters Could Have Egg on Their Faces
Ballot measure will decide in November whether to impose unwise, harmful, costly, and unconstitutional standards for raising a host of livestock animals.
Friday A/V Club: The Contested Convention You Were Promised
Robert Altman's spoof of political conventions
Movie Review: Star Trek Beyond
Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine take the Enterprise out for yet another spin.
Republican Delegates Wish Party Would Get Over Its Porn Paranoia
"I don't know that it's the government's part to regulate sins and all of that."
Quiet Liberal Victories at the Republican Convention
Want to see how far feminism and gay liberation have come? Watch what passes without comment at the RNC.
"Is Porn Really a 'Public Health Crisis'?
We asked Republicans about their party platform position.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gets Political with RNC in Cleveland
Censorship, war, race, gender, sexuality, police brutality all covered in sweeping new exhibit "Louder Than Words: Rock, Power, and Politics."
GOP Wants Constitutional Amendment to Give Parents Control Over Kids' Education
The proposed amendment is a new addition to the Republican platform.
The GOP's Muslim Problem
Trump's entry ban and Gingrich's loyalty test unfairly and foolishly conflate Islam with terrorism.
RNC Platform Opposes Gay Marriage Recognition While Making Case for It
Marriage is awesome for human welfare and children, but NO GAYS.
Comedian Eric Andre Crashes a Pro-Trump Alex Jones Rally, Only a Little Violence Ensues
Andre to Jones: 'I want you to have sex with my wife.'
State Beer Laws Continue Slow Creep in Right Direction
A few new good laws go on the books, but many terrible ones remain.
Stranger Things an Homage to Kid-Centric Sci-Fi of the '80s
Netflix series tosses children into suspenseful thriller.
Newt Gingrich's Response to Nice Terror Attack: Rip Up the Constitution
Former Speaker of the House wants to "test" anyone of "Muslim background" and criminalize the internet.
The ACLU Counts the Ways Trump Would Violate Civil Liberties
On immigration, surveillance, torture, and press freedom, Trump's ideas are not just bad-they're unconstitutional.
Street Musician Has First Amendment Right to Perform, Will Have Legal Bills Paid by City of Providence
Court rules city of Providence has to pay saxophonist Manuel Pombo's ACLU lawyers.
