Survey Data Highlight the Tenuous Relationship Between Drug Panics and Reality
Fear of meth, bath salts, salvia, MDMA, and heroin correspond loosely, at best, to actual trends in drug use.
Culture
Mayonnaise Conspiracy? Emails Show Egg Board Tried to Thwart Vegan Mayo Before FDA Stepped In
American Egg Board paid for pro-egg press, advised Hellmann's Mayo to contact the FDA about its eggless competitor.
Kentucky Clerk Who Refused Marriage Licenses Found in Contempt, Taken Into Custody (UPDATE II: Clerk Won't Let Deputies Issue Licenses)
Kim Davis stands fast against acknowledging gay couples.
"There is no 'War on Cops'"; There is a Long-Overdue Conversation About Police Brutality
The increasingly bad image of police around the country is their fault and nobody else's.
Teen Boy Will Be Charged As Adult For Having Naked Pics of a Minor: Himself
Kafka-esque sexting nightmare
Real Conservatives Prefer Dirty, Smelly, Bomb-Throwing Anarchists to 'Libertarian Youth'
Roll over, Friedrich Hayek, and tell G.K. Chesterton the news!
'Remarks About Physical Appearance' Considered 'Sexual Violence' in Rutgers Student Survey
New study on campus sexual assault suffers same problems that plague so much research on this issue.
Chipotle Sued Over Misleading Claims About Selling GMO-Free Foods
Enjoy the delicious schadenfreude
Liberland: A New Nation Founded on "Love and Freedom"
Can a country formed on limited government attain international legitimacy?
We Don't Need 'Decades of Research' to Know Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking
A chemical comparison shows e-cigarettes are far less hazardous than tobacco cigarettes.
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
These Teens Kept Their Sexting Private, But Cops Found Out. Now They Face Sex Offender Registry, Jail.
Is it possible for two teens to sexually exploit each other?
County Clerk Still Refusing to Issue Gay Marriage Licenses—But This Isn't About Religious Liberty
There is no right to draw a paycheck for a job you refuse to do.
Famous Twitter Troll James Woods Asks Service for Info on Less-Famous Twitter Troll
The great actor - and outspoken Obama critic - takes on the First Amendment.
Cato Institute Supports Sister Wives Family's Challenge to Utah Polygamy Law
"Spiritual unions" of more than two people should not result in criminal sanctions, say Cato scholars.
The Big Lesson of Hurricane Katrina? Don't Rely on the Govt. Or the Media.
They both stink in a crisis and will leave you high and dry.
What Vox Thinks Tech Nerds Don't Understand About Politics
Mostly that reflexive distrust of it shows you need a smug handholding "explainer."
Misleading Data Fuels Campus Rape Terror, But Why Won't Everyone Admit Controversy?
A recent Atlantic article ignores the dispute over David Lisak's serial predator theory.
R.I.P. Hollywood Horror Master Wes Craven
Director of teen-horror classics "Scream" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" dies at 76.
Decades After Straight Outta Compton, Gov't Still Has Rap In Its Crosshairs
Aspiring rap artists have tried to emulate the success of N.W.A. but end up having their lyrics used against them in court.
Maryland Man Fined $50 for Picking Berries in Park
A Maryland man received a $50 ticket for picking raspberries. The ticket charged him with "destroying/interfering with plants to wit: berries."
For Your What-Do-Rappers-Who-Play-Cops-Think-of-the-Presidential-Candidates File
Law & Order: Twitter Unit
Friday A/V Club: What Political Advertising Looked Like 75 Years Ago
Look out, world! Here comes Willkie!
Gov't Tried to Shut Down Rap in Straight Outta Compton, and They're Still Doing It.
Aspiring rappers trying to emulate the success of N.W.A. end up having their rap lyrics used against them in criminal proceedings.
Attn, LA Reasonoids: Happy Hour with Nick Gillespie This Friday!
Come out to our Los Angeles HQ for drinks, snacks, and conversation from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M.
Stop Saying Women Are More Likely Than Men to Be Murdered at Work
Very few people are victims of workplace homicide-and the ones who are are mostly men.
Donald Trump's Nativist Campaign is Rallying Racist Supporters
The candidate's aggressive opposition to immigration is a big part of his appeal.
Well, Ted Cruz Is Consistent: He Thinks Gays Should Be Able to Turn Christians Away
Not that anything would actually come of such beliefs.
We Exposed the Shaky Foundation of the Campus Serial Rapist Theory. You Won't Believe What Happened Next (Deafening Silence)
Where are David Lisak's defenders?
The FDA Targets Vegan Mayonnaise
The presence of ingredients such as pea protein and beta-carotene violates federal mayonnaise law.
Yes, Burning Man Is Pretty Libertarian in Many Respects
Which is a shame for those who can't tolerate any space not managed by compulsion
New York Creates Special Victim's Unit for Campus Sexual Assault
A step in the right direction?
Is It Unethical for Caucasians to Cook Chinese Food?
The pernicious silliness of cultural appropriation censorship.
Roger Ailes Demands Trump Apology for Suggesting Megyn Kelly Is a 'Bimbo' (UPDATE: Trump Declines)
The fascinating conservative media war of 2015 barks on
The Great Bob Dylan Conspiracy
A new book sheds light on the singer-songwriter's evangelical years.
Fraternity Writes, 'Hope Your Baby Girl Is Ready for a Good Time.' Anti-Sex Hysteria Ensues.
Sigma Nu's banner is protected speech. And it's not very offensive.
Conservatives Who Won't Read Fun Home Deserve Mockery. But Don't Be a Hypocrite.
Kerfuffle over Duke University summer reading list is a great test of one's commitment to free speech.
Science Fiction Fans Are Fighting About Politics. It's Not the End of the Universe
Science fiction's culture wars have been around for as long as science fiction.
Reps. Massie, Polis Team Up for Food Freedom with Delicious Unapproved Steaks
Congressmen attempt to draw attention to oppressive USDA meddling.
Rutgers to Students: No Such Thing as 'Free' Speech, We Are Watching You, 'Think Before You Speak'
Wants students to spy on each other, file reports, provide private information.
