The GOP Midterm Convention Is the Campiest Apocalypse I've Ever Seen
Inside the first event of its kind, where the end of the world is coming, but the sequins are fabulous.
Culture
I Went Looking for a Libertarian Miracle in Argentina. I Found Something Messier.
After a week in Buenos Aires, I found Milei’s economic revolution is real—and deeply divisive.
Kyrsten Sinema Headed to Home-Wrecker Court After Judge Says Texts to Married Lover Could Leave Her Liable
"Alienation of affection" actions like the one Sinema is facing undermine the idea that adults have agency in their romantic and sexual choices.
Why So Many Men Feel Lost
Jon Ronson discusses why old social structures are breaking down, the rise of online identity, and what happens when people lose a sense of meaning.
Referees Have Nothing To Hide. The NFL and NCAA Should Show Every Big Replay Review Live on TV.
Plus: The NBA’s punishments to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are great, but not quite enough; and an ode to the friendships connected by fantasy football
Can Ohio Tolerate Ramaswamy's Religious Toleration?
In November, we will learn whether Buckeye Republicans have been sufficiently persuaded by a more tolerant vision of the fusion of faith and freedom.
RFK Jr.'s MAHA Cooking Show Is Government Propaganda. I Kind of Love It?
I think it's cool that conservatives are trying to make it cool to care about nutrition. But this isn't the government's place.
Who Owns California's Gold?
The Gold Rush was not only a scramble for wealth. It was also a scramble for property rights.
The Iraq War Cheerleaders Were Wrong. They're Wrong About Iran Too.
Hawkish pundits predicted both wars would be swift and successful. That's not how it turned out.
Texas Terrorism Law Chills Speech for Muslim Group
By labeling this group a terrorist organization, the state is chilling more than Muslims' freedom of expression.
In the White House's Retro Arcade Games, the Trump Administration Always Loses
In MAGAfied versions of Tapper and Tetris, the seed oils will eventually get through and the border wall will be breached.
Maryland Synagogue Challenges Restrictive Gun Law
Montgomery County officials want to prevent houses of worship from making security decisions.
Review: Outsider Art on Display at a New York City Museum
The American Folk Art Museum curates works by self-taught artists.
State Film Subsidies Lose Money. Trump Wants To Try the Idea Nationally.
There's “no reason to think a federal incentive would work any differently from state incentives,” says one expert.
Prosecutors Say a North Carolina Teenager Committed Murder by Livestreaming a California Mosque Shooting
The case smacks of a desire for retribution that cannot be satisfied by prosecuting the actual killers, who committed suicide.
Why the Right Is Embracing State Power
Stephanie Slade discusses the rise of the post-liberal right, the growing appeal of state power, and why fusionism still matters.
2,400 Baseball Games for the Price of 1
Fake wide receivers running scams, Djokovic bounced, Messi retires, The Giving Tree wasn't about stadium subsidies, and more…
Is This the Supreme Court's Next Sports Betting Case?
Plus: SCOTUS allows Trump’s White House ballroom construction to proceed.
J.D. Vance and the Politics of Victimhood
The postliberal right’s frenzy for exaggerating and fabricating transgressions
Trump Wants the FCC To Punish His Enemies
Plus: the escalating war with Iran, Meta's $17 billion settlement, and Milo Yiannopoulos gets deported.
Rebuke or Punishment
Plus: Gustavo Gordillo's lies, measles among the Amish, Milo Yiannopoulos deported, and more...
Lawmakers Want To Stop Kids From Nicknaming Their Pokémon
The Safer GAMING Act would silence minors in every online game by default—and violate the First Amendment.
Milo Yiannopoulos Wanted Millions Deported. He Didn't Mean Himself.
"I mean bad immigrants," Yiannopoulos said in a 2016 interview with Joe Rogan. "I don't mean handsome, charming, successful, blonde-haired British immigrants."
Idiocracy Predicted Our World, But Not in the Way You Think
Mike Judge's cult classic turns 20 and remains prescient about how we live today, especially outside of politics.
Gavin Newsom Admits He Might Keep Tariffs?
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss tariffs, tech moral panics, social media harms, video games, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, AI-written journalism, and America’s $40 trillion debt.
Video Games Are Not Making Men Miserable
Video games, pornography, and gambling: One of these things just doesn't belong!
Data Center Savior
Plus: AOC reaffirms her socialism, Russia-Ukraine war gets even deadlier, and more...
Dolly Parton Knew What She Was Doing
The country icon was a woman of contradictions. Or was she?
Texas Moves To Protect Kids—and Women—From 'Demonic' Sex Education Book
The book is part of a wider spate of "dirty" and "vulgar" books that authorities want yanked, including an educational book that mentions animal penis sizes and classic literature by authors like Tennessee Williams and Maya Angelou.
Brendan Carr's Vendetta Against ABC Conflates the 'Public Interest' With Trump's Personal Grievances
The FCC chairman is punishing the network for news coverage and programming decisions that offend the president.
The Freedom 250 IndyCar Race Only Looked Like MAGA Propaganda if You Already Hate Trump
Plus: Should the race happen again, or just be a one-off event? Also, NCAA eligibility is all messed up, and sports can teach us about immigration.
Video of My Keynote Speech at the Annual Libertarian Futurist Society Prometheus Award Ceremony
The talk deals with the relationship between libertarianism and the science fiction and fantasy genres.
Police in Atlanta Settle Eric André Lawsuit, End Airport Drug Searches
While the settlement is a good thing, it's unfortunately still the case that at airports, the Bill of Rights is more of a list of suggestions.
Tony Is an Anthony Bourdain Origin Story
and a portrait of a young man as a wannabe writer.
Review: A Novel Capturing the Cruelty of Mass Incarceration
The Hill resembles author Harriet Clark's own experience.
Censors Seize on Jason Arday's Death as Excuse To Demand More Censorship
Politicians respond to tragedy by demanding more regulation of journalism.
Jason Arday's Downfall, Lindsay Clancy Case, and the Surveillance State
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi take on press restrictions, the war on drugs, Flock cameras, data centers, dating, punk rock, and why war is still bad, actually.
Border Cops Detained Me for Hours Without Explanation. They Won't Tell Me Why.
CBP claims dictatorial powers over Americans coming home. A big part of that is hiding information.
Texas Requires the Ten Commandments Be Posted in Every Classroom. SCOTUS May Decide If That's Constitutional.
A major separation-of-church-and-state case lands at the Supreme Court.
ICE Handed Over Specific Iranians at the Islamic Republic's Request
Newly released FOIA files reveal a back channel between ICE's office in Israel, the Qatari government, and the Islamic Republic.
Meme After Meme Shows Jayden Daniels Made One of the Dumbest P.R. Fumbles in Sports History
Plus: Why Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers are guilty, and why Shohei Ohtani is not
A Biological Need To Steal?
Plus: Trump threatens Oman, the cost of Medicare for All, and booze laws in Britain and Boston.
Why Is the Kennedy Center Board Trying To Add Trump's Name to the Building—Again?
Must they keep chipping away at their dignity?
The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror
This lean, mean, late-summer romp is dino-mite.
