How Confederate-flag GOP Presidential Politics in South Carolina Have Changed…for the Better
In 2000, John McCain felt like he needed to 'lie' about his distaste for the flag; by 2012 it was a non-issue
Culture
Ronald Bailey Argues that People Should Be Free to Assert Whatever Gender or Racial Identity They Feel.
Jenner is a woman and Dolezal is black - it's no big deal!
The 2016 Candidates on the Charleston AME Church Shooting
This is relevant to my issues because...
Libertarian Feminists Ask Facebook to #FreeTheNipple
Petition urges Facebook to stop "censoring artful or political expressions of female bodies."
DC's First Cat Cafe Opens (No Thanks to Regulators)
How a cat-loving entrepreneur brought kittens and caffeine to the nation's capital
Friday A/V Club: Awkward Moments with Gov. George Wallace
From Birmingham 1963 to Charleston 2015
Jenner Is a Woman and Dolezal Is Black: Self-Fashioning in the 21st Century
People should be free to assert whatever gender or racial identity they feel.
Movie Reviews: Inside Out and Soaked in Bleach
Pixar animation back in top form, and the Kurt Cobain case continues to fester.
Rand Paul: Mass Shootings Symbolize a 'Sickness' That Can't Be Fixed by More Government
Comments cater to religious conservatives without supporting a federal role in solutions.
How to Make More Victims of Campus Rape
A guide via The Washington Post and campus activists everywhere.
Pope Francis Really Hates Modern Technology and Economic Progress
Which is unfortunate since only technological progress and economic growth can effectively address environmental problems
The Context of the Church Massacre
The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and the role it has played in Charleston
Hillary's So Old, She'd Be the Same Age as Ronald Reagan Was When He Entered the White House
Hillary Clinton is physically and mentally fit for the office. But her policies are absolutely tired, backward-looking & so last-century.
Deutschland 83 Brings Drama and Humor of Cold War Germany to American TV
New Cold War coming of age/spy thriller series premieres on SundanceTV.
"Why Libertarianism is Closer to Stalinism Than You Think": Except for, you know, mass murders, gulags, and all the rest.
Sociologist Alan Wolfe rants against Rand Paul & a philosophy that would legalize drugs, allow gay marriage, open the borders, and avoid non-defensive wars.
The U.S. Patent System is Broken: Derek Khanna on Trolling and Low-Quality Patents
Our current patent policy hurts our economy and hampers innovation.
School Won't Let 4.3 GPA Student Give Valedictorian Speech, Made Him Take Psych Eval Instead
He tried to talk to his counselor but was accused of making a threat.
To Destroy ISIS, Conscript Millennials, Says Baby Boomer Journalist
I am a millennial, get me out of here!
Flakka 'Turns People Into Zombies,' Just Like Krokodil and Jenkem
Flakka-fortified humans reportedly are stronger than Vulcans.
It's Not Just Kipnis: Northwestern Censored Another Prof Over Mildly Provocative Sex Views
Why is Northwestern so squeamish?
Neil Peart: Rand Paul 'hates women and brown people'
Rush's famously Ayn Rand-inspired drummer/lyricist will only vote Democrat, because health care and compassion
Male Teen Has Consensual Sex with Female Teen. He Gets 25 Years as Sex Offender, Banned from Internet.
Girl admits he did nothing wrong, has asked prosecutor to drop the case.
Another Right-Winger Complains About Violent Video Games. Oh Wait, It's a Feminist.
The only game that matters to the culture war is the zero-sum game.
PornHub's Space Sex Tape: An Awesome Idea That's Probably Not Going to Work
The online porn repository is crowdfunding a giant leap for sexploration.
This Counts as a Microaggression: "America is the Land of Opportunity"
So does "WTF ever happened to the University of California system?"
No Virtual Reality Porn for Oculus Rift
This week in weirdly futuristic sex: virtual reality porn out, sex robots in
Two Years After Snowden's Revelations, Western Officials Still Anonymously Claim Unproven Harms
And some journalists are more than happy to let them.
Game of Thrones' Fifth Season Was Too Damn Depressing
Endless misery leads to low-stakes storytelling.
Libertarian Moment Update: "Wall Street is getting tired of funding socially conservative Republicans…"
The future clearly belongs to socially liberal, fiscally conservative candidates. Which means Dems and Reps have some growing up to do.
San Francisco Vs. Soft Drinks
An elected official is trying to protect you from unsavory hucksters peddling empty illusions to profit from your gullibility. Maybe it takes one to know one.
The DIY Flag Designs of the Early Republic
...and the Progressive Era's rather different approach to the national banner
The Illiberal Persecution of Tim Hunt
An old guys tells a bad joke and academia descends into a frenzy
New Article Blasts Feds' 'Pseudoscientific Methods' For Establishing Dietary Guidelines
A stinging critique of the shabby science that supports federal recommendations
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.
