Friday A/V Club: Rock 'n' Roll Invasion from the Moon
Two Firesign Theater veterans recut some ancient movie serials into a conspiracy comedy.
Culture
Gangs in Control of American Prisons: "The Social Order of the Underworld"
Q and A with author David Skarbek.
Blurred Lines: Prepare for Endless Frivolous Copyright Lawsuits
What Pandora's box of litigation did the ruling in favor of Marvin Gaye's estate in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit open?
Oklahoma U. Expels Racist Students, But Not Violent Football Players
Do feelings matter more than actual violence?
Frat Brothers Make Execrable Racist Statements, America Forgets First Amendment
A school is exactly the kind of place where evil views should do battle with moral and logical views.
Should All Student Governments Be Overthrown?
A student government that does nothing would be better than UC-Irvine's.
Oklahoma Bill Would Legalize Gay Marriage. This Apparently Bothers Democrats and Gays. (CORRECTED)
A freak-out over the end of marriage licenses.
The Melodramatic Strain In Feminist Politics
Students suffer as social-justice signaling demands increasingly hyperbolic vulnerability.
India Bans BBC's Searing Documentary on the Delhi Gang Rape
But the director's pc plea that rape is a global problem trivializes the violence Indian women confront
What "Out of Control" Biohacking Means for the Future
Q&A With Disinformation Encyclopedia Authors R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell
Arrest Warrant Issued for Florida Mom Who Refuses to Get Son Circumcised
What's the state's interest in this boy's foreskin?
"Fascinating": Anti-Abortion Idaho Pol Says He Knew That Vagina & Stomach Aren't Connected
Anti-abortion legislators are using bogus safety concerns about telemedicine to win victories that they cannot via straight-up political arguments.
21-Year-Old Dates 15-Year-Old, Could Be Branded Sex Offender for 25 Years
Sex offender labels that make no sense
Second SAE Video: Even the 79-Year-Old House Mother Was a Racist
First Amendment experts react to the University of Oklahoma news.
Two Teens Have Sex. Neither Could Legally Consent, But Only the Boy Gets a Felony Charge.
Underage teens having sex is awkward, but it shouldn't be criminal.
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.
