Culture
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.
Patrolmen Without Borders
U.S. Border Patrol agents are routinely harassing American citizens who just want to drive home from work.
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"?
The Power of Failure
Most people think of failure as something to be avoided. But in her book "The Up Side of Down" (Viking), Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle argues that it's actually a key to success.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Beautiful Schlock. Get on Up Does Some Justice.
A spaced-out blockbuster and a problematic tribute to the great James Brown.
The Secret History of the Telephone Network
The public utility model of telecommunications was not as inevitable as it seems today.
