What Has Hugo Chávez Done for Venezuela Lately?
The Venezuelan strongman has been annoying for our country, and a lot worse for his own.
Culture
Power in a Same-Sex Union
How the fight for gay marriage transformed the gay rights movement.
Does Fast Food Marketing Make Kids Fat?
A new study trumpets a dubious link between obese youngsters and the logos of food companies.
Food Trucks Help with School Fundraisers
That they taste better than awful school lunches is surely a bonus
Classical Musicians Take to the Barricades (Again)
Longhair labor disputes are the inevitable product of an impossible business model.
Good Morning America Weatherman Comes Out, Announces Engagement
Apparently the first public acknowledgment that he's gay
Federal Judge Orders D.C. Transit to Accept Anti-Jihad Ads
Injunction requires them to start displaying on Monday
Cheerleaders' Religious Signs Can Stay While Judge Mulls Ruling
Is it a First Amendment violation?
Texas School Chief Gets Prison in Testing Scandal
Three years for removing under-performing students from the classroom to keep them from ruining results
Who's Afraid of Your Genome?
Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey files his second dispatch from the Consumer Genetics Conference.
Consumer Reports: iPhone 5 a Winner but Galaxy S3 Still King
The S4 was previously rumored to be released early next year
Pro-Muslim Posters Show "Heckler's Veto" Isn't Needed
It turns out you can fight offensive speech without using vandalism or government regulations
Presidential Debate Ratings Are Up over 2008. No, Really.
58 million people watched two candidates argue over the relatively small differences between them
Moroccan Port Closed over Ship Promoting Safe Abortion
Dutch activists protested by locals
FTC Settles with Bieber, Gomez Fan Sites over Kids' Privacy Concerns
Will pay $1 million for illegally gathering data from children visiting sites
Google, Publishers Settle Dispute over Book Scanning
Lawsuit by authors still remains, though
Pro Boxer Comes Out of the Closet
Well, there's one guy who won't have to worry about getting bashed (except for the on-the-job stuff)
Documentary-Maker Ken Burns Fights New York Subpoena
Lawyers want access to footage and notes connected to documentary about handling of 1989 rape case
Virtual Children, Genome Sequencing for Everyone, and Forget Genetic Privacy
Ronald Bailey sends his first dispatch from the Fourth Annual Consumer Genetics Conference
