Culture
The Head of the Group That Gave Us 'This Is Your Brain on Drugs' Thinks Legalized Marijuana Is 'Happening in America'
He doesn't plan to push back against legal pot in Colorado and Washington.
Hey Politico, Apparently Public Schools Don't Teach Low-Income Minority Kids Science at All
The sad fact is that the public schools have spent more than $600 billion a year with little to show in terms of science education for public school students.
The Supreme Court Probably Won't Restore Real Freedom of Association, But It's Nice to Dream
Public accommodation disputes treated as a First Amendment issue instead.
Racial Preferences in Universities Won't Work in a Diverse America
They will also splinter the Democrats' minority base
In Defense of Millennials and Individualism
Forget Justin Bieber. Don't Hate on "Generation Selfie"
How People Behave in Virtual Worlds: A Review of The Proteus Paradox
Down on the collective gold farm.
The Hijacking of Sobriety by the Recovery Movement
Sobriety isn't an abstinence fixation; it's about having purpose
Throwing Down with The Lost Sisterhood: Amazons, Academics, and Adventure
Anne Fortier's novel envisions women "who live outside of society"
Big Brother Is Watching You Eat
The federal government wants to use your technology to change what you eat. In the meantime, they're surreptitiously posting your data online.
Are Voters Too Sensitive to 'Microaggressions?'
Professors say Republican 'microaggressions' have pushed Asian Americans to vote Democrat.
Contraceptives, Corporations, and Obamacare
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. reaches the Supreme Court.
Young Brony Gets to Keep His School Bag
Friendship could stand to be a little more magic in North Carolina.
Uncle Sam's Drinking Game
The federal government's definition of excessive alcohol consumption mixes medicine with moralism.
Friday A/V Club: A Nightmare Vision of a World Without Congress
The 1947 "instructional" film The Powers of Congress
Divergent and Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Shailene Woodley breaks out, Lars von Trier goes all the way.
Casino Magnate Finds Legislators to Support His War on Online Gambling
Death to the competition! For the children, of course.
Fred Phelps Is Dead. Gay America Lives On.
Let's stop being obsessed about his increasingly irrelevant church