Bill Maher Assails Speech Police Who 'Lay in Wait' on the Internet
It certainly feels like that sometimes.
Culture
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.
Religious Freedom and the Great Faux-Rights Arms Race of 2014: Elizabeth Nolan Brown at The Week
A crop of current religious freedom cases are more predicated on wringing special protections from the state than legit struggles for religious liberty.
France Offering Asylum to Christians Driven from Iraq
They've been told to convert, pay fines, or face death.
