Techno-Panic Self-Parody Alert
A member of the "Fox News Medical A-Team" attacks Facebook and video games.
Culture
Why Do These Well-Fed Anti-Science Activists Oppose Safe, Cheap Food For Poor People?
Nearly 2,000 studies about GMOs all say the food is safe
Danger – Renegade Hummus Among Us!
Only government can guarantee the purity of your hummus
Does NYT's Jill Abramson Have It Worse Than Her Indian Sisters?
Sexism might be the result of America's greater sexualization and egalitarianism
Disco Doesn't Suck. Here's Why.
Once largely derided as shallow, faddish, consumerist music, disco has been reappraised as the stifled sounds of cultural liberation. Of course, it could always be both.
Santa Barbara Stabbing and Shooting Spree Can Be Used to Advance All Kinds of Agendas
But especially the ones trotted out after every sufficiently newsworthy tragedy like this
A Serious Anti-Poverty Agenda Has to Include Criminal Justice Reform
Civil society vs. the law
Could Therapy Culture Help Explain Elliot Rodger's Rampage?
One of the terrifying achievements of the modern cult of therapy has been to churn out a generation of people completely focused on the self and in constant need of validation from others.
Campus Trigger Warnings Threaten Speech and Treat Students Like Children
If we want colleges to train students to be rational members of a democratic society, mandating trigger warnings is an excellent way to ensure that we fail.
A Modest Proposal to Ban Volunteering
If people aren't allowed to work for $7.24 an hour, even if they want to, then they darn well shouldn't be allowed to work for $0 an hour either.
Why Conservatives Shouldn't Boycott Chipotle
If conservatives want to boycott bad actors, there are plenty around who have committed far more egregious sins against America than asking customers to keep out guns.
This Bill Turns Your State Into a Football Referee
California is tackling high school football practice.
Friday A/V Club: Our Friendly Government Explains Why These Concentration Camps Are in Everyone's Best Interests
A propaganda film defends the internment of Japanese Americans.
X-Men: Days of Future Past Is Near-Perfect, While Cold in July Has an Old-School Flair
Hugh Jackman in a time-tripping blockbuster, Michael C. Hall and Don Johnson in a nasty little noir.
School Sucks! 'Maker Culture' Is Literally Making Learning Better
Making a giant octopus is way more enlightening than taking the SAT or Sociology 101.
