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.
Culture
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.
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.
