Culture
Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech
From the Dixie Chicks to Mozilla, free speech is under fire from both right and left.
Progressive Puritans
From e-cigarettes to sex classifieds, the once-transgressive left tries to criminalize fun.
Gay Rights, Intolerance, and Racial Parallels
Persecution of dissent on gay marriage is bad not only for intellectual freedom and the cultural climate but ultimately, perhaps, for gay equality as well.
The War on Porn Continues
Three decades after the Reagan administration crackdown, the crusade against pornography is waged online and overseas.
National School Lunch Program Embarrassment Continues
The USDA has managed to make school lunches stink even more. So why does the government continue to double down on the program?
The Biggest Obstacle to Gender Neutral Bathrooms? Building Codes.
Government went beyond mandating that employers give workers a place to do their business to specifying exactly how and in what ratios this must occur.
Friday A/V Club: Let These Marionettes Demonstrate How to Save Your Cows in the Event of a Nuclear Attack
Some strange old civil defense spots
Boy, I Wonder How the Folks at Salon Feel About Ayn Rand
The troll-the-libertarians business model.
Is There a Dry Cleaning Gender Gap?
President Obama laughingly promised to look into discriminatory dry cleaning pricing, but it's no joke for some.
Media Hysteria Watch: Local News Show Freaks Out Over Footage of a Car Briefly Stopping
The abduction attempt that wasn't.
The Lost Sisterhood and the Case for Libertarian Novels
A best-selling writer explains the power of historical fiction.
Here's What the Supreme Court Is Declining To Argue About Today
Dozens of cases rejected. Some had been watched more than others.