Culture
Beltway Bubble Alert: Americans Split on Whether Being Gay Is a Choice
Equal numbers say it is and isn't. Whether that will help Ben Carson remains to be seen.
France Dishonors Charlie Hebdo By Policing Hate Speech
To grant the state the authority to police hatred is to open the door to the policing of thought, conscience, and morality.
"That's It, House of Cards. You Lost Me."
A show that was once darkly great has descended into prosaic moralism. God save us from fictional pols who are serious about jobs programs.
The Blockchain: A Supercomputer for Reality
"Everything that can be decentralized, will be decentralized."
Friday A/V Club: Woody Woodpecker Resists Wartime Rationing, Fights the Police
The 1943 cartoon Ration Bored
What If Someone Crossed the Razor-Blades-in-Halloween-Candy Rumor with the Injecting-Babies-with-AIDS Rumor?
Decoding a Vietnamese urban legend
Rand Paul Cancelled a Parks and Rec Cameo Alongside Ron Swanson
Showrunner says Paul bailed at the last minute.
Pharrell Williams Testifies in 'Blurred Lines' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
The recording artist says capturing the feel of a song, or an era, isn't the same as infringing on a copyright.
These Glasses Can Thwart Facial Recognition Software
In an age of ever-increasing surveillance, one simple technology could help protect your privacy.
Ben Carson's Gay-Making Prisons, and the Insurgent/Petulant/Crusader Split Among GOP Anti-Establishmentarians
Why not all 'outsiders' are built the same, and how that might benefit Ted Cruz.
Sex Workers From South Africa to India to Washington Demand Decriminalization on International Sex Workers' Rights Day 2015
"Only rights will stop the wrong."
Raping Culture
The oft-repeated claim that rape is so common that there is a "rape culture" in the U.S. is utter exaggeration.
Is Psychiatry All Better Now?
Gary Greenberg argues just throwing out Freud doesn't cure psychiatry of its ills.
Cody Wilson, Pioneer of Homemade 3D Printed Guns, Calls Out Another Company For Refusing to Do Business with Him
Offers $15,000 Bounty for Anyone Who Can Deliver Him a MarkForged carbon-fiber 3D Printer.
The Uncanny Valley of House of Cards Season Three
The Underwoods' world is close enough to our own to provoke both fascination and revulsion.
The Robot Revolution Is Here
They're sweeping my floors, watching my kids, and stealing my job. Here's why I'm not worried.
Shikha Dalmia on the Misplaced Feminist Outrage Against Patricia Arquette
Feminism no longer knows how to help real women with real problems
Feminism's Oppression Obsession Hurts Women
What women need is a broad progressive agenda, not identity politics
CPS Decision in Maryland Parents Case: They Are 'Responsible' For 'Unsubstantiated Neglect.' Huh?
Welcome to the intersection of common sense and bureaucratic craziness
Could Sports Gambling Beat Marijuana to National Legalization?
Experts expect it will be legal within five years.
Everyone a War Correspondent
What happens when every participant in a war is busy framing it while fighting it?
In Defense of Drunk Sex
They warned us for years, "Don't drink and drive." Now it's, "Don't drink and fuck."
Taxes and Restrictions Masquerading as Federal Dietary Guidelines
A panel of government-appointed experts has recommended new food taxes, eating less meat, restricting food marketing, and banning some food at the local level.
New Books! A Libertarian Syllabus for Early 2015
12 new books of potential interest to libertarians
The Genie Killed My Girlfriend
If you're going to blame the deed on a supernatural beastie, you have to do it right
Are Gun Accidents More Dangerous Than Bathtubs to Kids? Depends on the Definition of "Kids"
The politicization of "fact checking" in media and that Daily Show List of Fox Lies
The Human Right to Offend
Self-censorship in the face of intimidation has another name: cowardice.
Ronald Bailey Defends Free Speech and the Right to Offend
A review of of The Tyranny of Silence by Flemming Rose
