Philadelphia's Soda Tax Is a Bad Idea Other Cities Will Copy
Despite promises from activists and lawmakers, it won't help low-income consumers.
Culture
Hollywood Insiders Meet to Talk About Gun Violence Prevention, Influence of NRA
Not looking to go hard on themselves, just on your rights
Is Technological Progress Unstoppable?
A new book by a Wired senior editor makes the case
FDA: Never Eat Raw Cookie Dough Ever. (Except Ben & Jerry's, That's OK)
No dough. Cost benefit analysis be damned.
Thanks to Apple, You May Soon Be Unable To Film Concerts
The company received a grant for a device that prevents iPhone cameras from being used.
100 Nobel Laureates Demand that Greenpeace Stops Killing Poor Children
The scientists denounce Greenpeace's opposition to modern crop biotechnology as a "crime against humanity"
Oakland Cops Uncover Dead Colleague's Fling With Underage Sex Worker, Make Sure to Get Her Number for Themselves
"Buying a teen for sex is child abuse," warned Oakland city billboards as its police force passed around a teenager for sex.
Quebec Publicly Financed an Arena to Get an NHL Team. You Won't Believe What Happened Next.
Actually, you can probably guess what happened.
Welcome to Libertopia
Inside PorcFest, the country's largest libertarian and anarchist gathering
Unless a Federal Court Acts Fast, Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Will Wreak Havoc on the Nation's Food Supply Next Week
It's set to take effect next week and will cost food companies for no good reason.
Chicago Cubs Blast New Restrictions on Team's Ability to Sell Alcohol
Neighboring businesses don't want the competition.
Friday A/V Club: The Brexit Video
How a Eurosceptic accidentally wrote an E.U. anthem, then gave it a video that today seems to anticipate Brexit.
Movie Reviews: The Neon Demon and The Shallows
Elle Fanning in a bad art movie, Blake Lively versus a very bad shark.
How America's Counter-Terrorism Model Is Making American Less Safe and Free
The Orlando massacre shows the folly of fighting a decentralized terrorism model with centralization.
Copyright Case Against 'Stairway to Heaven' Goes Down Like a Lead Zeppelin
The jury reached the right decision.
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.
