Culture
UPDATED! Don't Confuse Rachel Dolezal with Caitlyn Jenner
There's a pretty bright line between being a fraud and being trans. Unless you're a conservative pundit.
Movie Review: Jurassic World
Chris Pratt battles a new breed of dinosaur on Spielberg's old island.
Amherst Student Was Expelled for Rape. But He Was Raped, Evidence Shows.
The accused is the victim.
Summer Has Arrived with the Annual Shutting Down of a Kid's Lemonade Stand
Texas regulations intended to improve the legal climate for home cooks invoked.
Truvada Takes Hold as an Urban HIV Prevention Tool
Big city health departments working on making it more available to those at risk.
Today's College Students[*] Aren't Just Politically Correct, They're Tediously Insisting on Didactic Art Too
[*] Not all students, of course, but this Huffington Post author who admonishes Jerry Seinfeld.
The Government Wants You to Get Its Permission Before Discussing Gunmaking Information on the Internet (or Anywhere)
ITAR wants to codify awful practices 3D printed gun guru Cody Wilson is suing them over.
Donating Food to the Needy Is Good, So Obviously Somebody (France) Will Make It Mandatory
Politicians ignore role in citizen poverty, instead mandate new obligations to food retailers.
Apple Music: Bringing the DJ Back In
The natural next step in the evolution of Internet music services
Quartz Blasts Freelance Economy, Blames Evil Corporations, Doesn't Pay Writer
Atlantic Media pub runs unpaid work critiquing unpaid work.
Are You a Journalist or Filmmaker? Apply to Win Money and Fame at the Reason Media Awards!
Are you good enough to join Daniel Hannan, Amity Schlaes, and Mary O'Grady in the winners' circle?
A Christian Libertarian Take on the McKinney Swimming Pool Outrage
"The cop with the girl under his knees does not see her as himself, which she is."
Did You Hear About the Sex Traffickers Abducting Grown Women From Hobby Lobby?
The police "said that this is a common thing," stated the Facebook post gone viral. And yet...
Hunger for Fascism
Al Pacino withdraws from a play, and from the dark side of the Avant-Garde.
Is Free Speech Under Attack in America?
Controversial "hate speech" prosecution in Montana begs the question.
5 Drug PSAs That Tried to Scare the Sh*t out of Us (But Didn't)
Preachy, hyperbolic, often incorrect
The PC Revolution is Eating Its Own, But What Sort of Shit Comes Next?
Political correctness is dying. The university must now embrace unfettered intellectual debate and dialogue as the way forward.
It Begins! Montana Man Being Prosecuted for 'Hate Speech' and Holocaust Denial
Well, this is terrifying.
Friday A/V Club: Vintage Metric Propaganda to Warm Lincoln Chafee's Heart
Plus an anti-metrification argument from the Whole Earth Catalog's Stewart Brand
Jerry Seinfeld: Comedians Say Don't Go Near Colleges, Political Correctness Hurts Comedy
'They don't even know what they're talking about.'
"The story of technology is in fact the story of textiles."
Epic piece about how the threads that make the clothes we wear are figuratively the fabric of our lives.
Movie Reviews: Spy and Love & Mercy
Melissa McCarthy goes 007, and Paul Dano and John Cusack take on two sides of Brian Wilson.
Sense8: The Wachowskis Bring Their Hallucinatory Visions to Television
First season of show about strangers with mysterious mental connections debuts on Netflix.
A Pretty Goddamn Good Ode to Flyover Country
Here is the thing about America: There is ultimately no center to anything at all except for the one you make for yourself.
Lenore Skenazy Talks Free-Range Kids on Daily Show…
and is the hero of the segment, which skewers hysterical fears about our children, who are safer than ever.
On Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre, Hong Kong's Occupy Protesters Fight Their Own Fight
The Umbrella Movement is focused on its own struggle, not mainland China's.
Hot Girls Wanted Tries and Fails to Turn Its Porn-Star Subjects Into Victims
Far from being the anti-porn props filmmakers want them to be, the stars of Hot Girls Wanted exhibit a complex, nuanced relationship with their work.
Vid: The Joe Biden Joke That Got Ted Cruz in Trouble
This is the latest example of how social media empowers the audience, not the "star."
Kids in Police-Run Youth Camp Allegedly Beaten, Threatened By Cops
Officer allegedly stood on hand, broke fingers
Police Warn Drivers About Nonexistent Danger of Personalized Bumper Stickers
Pitiful local news report
Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Introduced in Congress
An attack on free speech is a greater blasphemy than is an insult to the divine.
Art Spiegelman Pulls New Statesman Cover Because It Wouldn't Print a Cartoon Featuring Mohammed: 'Death by a thousand buts'
Actually, a cartoon featuring a turban-wearing smiley face that may or may not be Mohammed