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Defending Atticus Finch
Atticus will endure, as a good, flawed-and yes, often heroic-man who does not always have the right answers but always tries to live by his conscience.
New Documentary Exposes How Montana's Milk-Expiration Rules Waste Food
Milk that's still fresh is declared "expired" and must be thrown away.
Should the Government Stop You from Gene Editing Your Kids?
Ordering people to reproduce in only government approved ways is tyrannical and unethical.
Friday A/V Club: A Weed Grows In Brooklyn
An anti-pot song and an anti-pot crackdown
Why the Hell Did News Organizations Report That Klansmen Came Out to Support Donald Trump in Nevada?
All it takes to convince some irresponsible media outlets is wearing a costume.
Some Female Genital Alteration Should Be Legal, Say U.S. Bioethicists
Not all "female genital mutilation" is destructive, they say, with some procedures no more problematic than male circumcision.
Before Trump, There Was Pappy
The Donald wasn't the first to parlay business and broadcast fame into a political career.
Mark Cuban Tells Politicians "Good Luck" Getting Rid of Fantasy Sports
Says death of fantasy sports industry greatly exaggerated.
Stupid Laws Censor the Truth from Whisky Buyers
Liquor regulations in the U.S. and EU control how honest makers can be.
'Heavy Metal Has Become the Unlikely Soundtrack of Globalization'
The connection between economic development and heavy metal music.
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New York Yankees Don't Understand The Free Market
Baseball's ultimate capitalists don't like fans buying tickets for the prices they're actually worth on Stubhub.
3 of the Most F*cked Up Ways the Feds are Controlling Sex Work
From telling hotel workers to look for used condoms to shuttering escort sites to nation-wide stings, cops are going after prostitutes with new energy.
What Unmarried Women Want: Big Government?
In 2016, unmarried women will-for the first time-make up a majority of the potential female electorate. Should we worry?
Mississippi Alcohol Beverage Control Reportedly Cancels Hip-Hop Concert Over Twerking Concerns
Alcohol agent said he saw "things on YouTube that might be against Mississippi code."
Stealing Music Was the Late '90s Version of Drug Experimentation in the '60s
How Music Got Free author Stephen Witt on the creation of the MP3 and the death of the music industry
'Common Sense' Means Repealing the FDA's Menu-Labeling Mandate
Congress considers amending the rules. What it should do is get rid of them.
GMO Alarmist Nassim Taleb Backs Out of Debate. I Refute Him Anyway.
Fallacious arguments against developing and growing modern biotech crops is cause for great moral concern.
Is Complexity Science Ready for Prime Time?
Ronald Bailey's Wall Street Journal review of A Crude Look at the Whole
Is Condom-Free Porn an Occupational Safety Hazard? California Authorities Vote Today
A who's who of the porn biz joined public-health experts in condemning the proposed regulations Thursday.
"Bernie Bae": New Pro-Sanders Viral Video From the Erstwhile "Obama Girl"
Bernie Sanders is "much more than a human Birkenstock."
John Kerry Was So Proud of Meeting With Hollywood Hotshots He Tweeted This…
The secretary of state is seeking helping in disrupting ISIS's "narrative" (and maybe a cameo on Fuller House).
Progressives—Screwing Up Feminist Gains in America Since the Early 1900s
How early 20th-century social reformers teamed up with the state to limit women's workforce advancement.
Contraception, Immigration, and Liberal and Conservative Hypocrisy
Partisans decide their position on religious liberty based on their partisan agendas toward the specific issues.
Is Rubio's New 'Marriage and Family Advisory Board' About Anything Besides Opposing Gay Couples?
A closer look at the participants suggests a little more.
Super Bowl 'Sex-Trafficking Stings' Net Hundreds of Prostitution Arrests
In addition to sex-worker arrests, 552 people "would-be sex buyers" were arrested for soliciting undercover cops, to the tune of at least $187,000 in fines.
Louisiana Governor: "You Can Say Farewell to College Football" If Budget Deal Not Reached
John Bel Edwards threatens to cut LSU football to pass one of the largest tax increases in state history.
Is Mexico's Soda Tax Really Working?
Can we really say taxes that reduce consumption but aren't reducing obesity are effective?
Stephen King's Baby Boomer Time Travel Fantasy Comes to Hulu
Watch 11.22.63 for the thrilling plot, not for the idiotic politics.
German Nanny State Wants to Shut Down Food Donation Service
Hygiene violations like "torn packaging" could end Berlin's food-sharing fridges.
Happy Darwin Day: Belief in Vengeful God Makes You Nicer
"Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality" in Nature
Movie Reviews: Deadpool and Zoolander 2
Ryan Reynolds in a delirious superhero outing, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in a losing search for laughs.
"Cuba: the untaught lesson on the perils of socialism"
If millennials really do dig socialism, there's a museum of it just 90 miles south of Miami.
Brain Games' Jason Silva Explains Why Robots Won't Destroy the Human Race
Sex, drugs, God, and a hit TV show. Are there any limits to the techno-optimism of television's favorite "wonder junkie"?
You've Got to Fight! For Your Right! To Green Bean Casserole!
Arizona has a ban on potlucks. For real.
Transgender Activist Tells Gay Students Their Kinky Tumblr Posts Are 'Triggering'
Trans activist demands safe space from other people's blog images.
