A Look Inside Obama's PR Machine
"I am who the media says I am." - Barack Obama, 2006.
Culture
NCAA Loses Ed O'Bannon Video Game Case, Judge and Public Agree Athletes Should Be Paid When Their Likenesses Are Used
Ruling is latest in string of lawsuits against the organization
Fooling the Cameras
Leo Selvaggio plans to confound the world's surveillance systems by distributing lifelike masks of his own face.
The FDA's Idiotic Attack on 'Added' Ingredients
The FDA's growing crackdown on added food ingredients just doesn't add up.
What If: A Rom-Com Gem. Land Ho!: A Charming Indie Road Trip.
Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe in love and confusion, and two unconquerable codgers on an Icelandic adventure.
Find Mama's Borscht Recipe: Russia to Ban Food Imports from US, EU
Tit continues to meet Tat.
Mom Arrested for Letting Kid Play in Lego Store While She Shopped
Don't take your eyes off your kids before they are legally old enough to join the Army.
Copyright Absurdity: Reagan Biographer Gets Paraphrased, Demands $25 Million
This week in preposterous legal threats
Mom Sues TV Station for Falsely Claiming She Left Kids in Hot Car
I'm glad this mama is shaming the haters back.
Bill Maher Assails Speech Police Who 'Lay in Wait' on the Internet
It certainly feels like that sometimes.
Are California Lawmakers Trying to Chase Out Porn Industry Entirely?
Given how a similar condom requirement worked in L.A. it seems California Assembly members want to drive the adult film industry out of state.
'Mexican, Crazed by Marihuana, Runs Amuck With Butcher Knife'
Highlights from the anti-pot files of The New York Times
The New York Times Runs a Full-Page Ad for a Marijuana Review Site
You know a social revolution is succeeding when it feels banal.
Friday A/V Club: Watch This Old Movie About Stranger Danger and Marvel at How Unsupervised Kids Used to Be
This film's fears can't conceal just how level-headed people were about allowing children a little autonomy.
Living With Inequality
Has Thomas Piketty really found "the central contradiction of capitalism"?
