Culture
There's Nothing SWEET About the National Soda Tax
Rep. Rosa DeLauro's SWEET Act would implement an excise tax on soda and other sweetened drinks. Supporters of the measure are difficult to find.
Anything You Don't Say Will Be Used Against You
California just decided your silence sounds awfully guilty.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Another all-star helping of blood and bullets from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.
Time for the NFL to Concede That Beating Women Is Worse Than Smoking Pot
Unapproved fun or unprovoked violence? The choice should be easy.
The Trouble with Conspiracy Science
What the social scientists and psychologists who study conspiracy theories get wrong.
Afghanistan Boots New York Times Journalist (One Day After Banning Him From Leaving)
Back to Taliban treatment of the U.S. press.
Poll: Most Americans Want to Criminalize Pre-Teens Playing Unsupervised
"I doubt there has ever been a human culture, anywhere, anytime, that underestimates children's abilities more than we North Americans do today."
Is American Entrepreneurship Declining or Simply Changing?
A parallel trend to the new-business nosedive is the rise of the freelance economy.
