The Chosen
Christian media has a track record of creating hopelessly bad productions, but Dallas Jenkins' TV series is a cut above.
Culture
Netflix Staff Apparently Unaware That Dave Chappelle's Comedy Special Would Include Jokes
No one is safe from Chappelle's jokes—but also, everyone is safe from Chappelle's jokes.
Why Millennials and Gen Z Hate Boomers, and What To Do About It.
Karla Vermeulen's Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11 is a starting place to mend the new generation gap.
Feds Undermine Themselves by Targeting Parents Who Criticize School Officials
Muzzling critics of government policy will just make them angrier.
Federal Court Upholds California's Oppressive Restrictions on Freelance Writers
A panel has unanimously determined the First Amendment isn’t violated if state regulations keep independent writers from landing work.
How Government Devastated Minor League Baseball
And why stopping the subsidies can help bring it back.
It's Time To Kill the Mandatory Beef Tax That Underwrites "Beef, It's What's for Dinner"
The beef checkoff problem raises prices without benefiting ranchers
Squid Game Is a Bloody Commentary on Consumer Debt
Would you risk your life to write off your loans?
A Different Approach to Anti-Racism
"If you want to fight the impulse that we human beings have to feel better than others," says Chloé Valdary, "it's a bad idea to make people so insecure."
Michigan Students Accuse Celebrated Music Professor of Racism for Screening Othello
Bright Sheng survived the Cultural Revolution. Or so he thought.
No Time To Die Gives Us a Not-Quite-Woke James Bond
Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 is a reckoning with everything that made Bond who he is.
The Family Firm
Context, tradeoffs, and preferences matter—both in parenting and outside of it.
The Sims 4: Cottage Living
You can finally set up a farm with crops and animals such as cows, llamas, and chickens—heedless of zoning rules!
A.G. Merrick Garland Tells FBI To Investigate Parents Who Yell at School Officials About Critical Race Theory
School boards want some perturbed parents branded domestic terrorists.
South Korea Considers Banning Dog Meat
Talk of a ban follows declining popularity of dog as a restaurant dish.
We Are Satellites
Sci-fi novelist Sarah Pinsker's new book deals with the ways technology shapes how we conceive of the inner self.
'Equity,' 'Multiculturalism,' and 'Racial Prejudice' Among Concepts That Could Be Banned in Schools by Wisconsin Bill
A bill touted as banning "critical race theory" in schools would actually ban a huge array of speech around culture, race, and sex, its sponsor says.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Might Be the Worst Movie of the Year
It's a crude, ugly derivative of a crude, ugly film.
Karla Vermeulen: Inside the Mind of 'Generation Disaster'
Young people who came of age after 9/11 aren't snowflakes despite being exposed to a series of catastrophic events and apocalyptic news narratives.
Viral Video of White Woman Allegedly Telling Black Couple To 'Stay in Your Hood' Was Recorded by a Known Fabulist
Emma Sarley's employer might come to regret instantly firing her.
Stealthily Wielding Caesar's Sword
Sohrab Ahmari's case for tradition conceals an authoritarian agenda.
Biden Can't Fix High Beef Prices With $500 Million
But spending more would be a bigger mistake. Sometimes, there simply isn't a government solution to a problem.
La Brea Is a Sucking Sinkhole of a Sci-Fi Mystery Show
Both literally and in terms of quality
San Francisco's Chain Store Restrictions Targeted Starbucks. They're Now Screwing Over a Local Burrito Joint.
Family-owned burrito chain El Farolito will have to change its branding or pick a new neighborhood to open up its 12th location if it wants to avoid being ensnared in the city's restrictions on "formula retail."
Project Hail Mary
In the new sci-fi novel, humanity manages to save itself not with social revolution but through reason, technology, and innovation.
21 Federal Agencies Manage 200 Different Diet-Related Programs, Leading to Overlap and Chaos
"There really is no overarching federal strategy to guide the government’s efforts to improve Americans’ diets," says a new government report, which indicates that overlap in initiatives is creating waste.
Supreme Court Dodges Another Religious Liberty Fight
Justices have mostly demurred on the question of whether anti-discrimination laws trump religious freedom.
NYC Theaters Sue Bill de Blasio, Claiming Vaccine Mandate Obstructs Free Speech
The lawsuit argues the mandate leads to discrimination based on content of speech and type of speaker.
School Choice Helped a Homeless Teen Grow Up To Run a Nonprofit. Now She Wants To Help Others.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
Walking the Delicate Line Between Reporter and Activist
Telling a century's worth of stories about the people who had done creative things on the radio dial—and their opponents
Pandemic Legacy
The board game lets gamers indulge in a little cooperative epidemiological roleplay.
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Unearthed relics tell the story of the long-forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival, which featured the likes of Nina Simone, B.B. King, and Stevie Wonder.
Nicki Minaj's Vaccine Hesitancy Tweets Show Value of Persuasion Over Federal Mandates
Persuading vaccine objectors is a much better approach than imposing coercive top-down mandates.
Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
A Win for Devin Nunes in Lawsuit Over Journalist Ryan Lizza's Tweet
Plus: "The endless catastrophe of Rikers Island," studies link luxury rentals and affordable housing, and more...
Memphis Gave IKEA $9.5 Million While Several Smaller Furniture Stores Went Under
Corporate welfare hurts the people who actually need help.
Boris Johnson Taxes the Young To Pay for the Old
The highest tax burden in a generation confirms the Conservative Party has no interest in small government.
More Fans Can Easily Bet on the NFL Than Ever Before
Convenient online sports betting is legal and live in 14 states.
The Card Counter Is an Unexpectedly Powerful Anti-War Film
Paul Schrader's story of an ex-military torturer is a searing tale of violence and redemption.
Undoing Drugs
Harm reduction invites a radical reconsideration of the way the government deals with politically disfavored intoxicants.
When We Reject Immigrants, We Reject Trillions of Dollars in Wealth
Growing evidence confirms that barriers to immigration make us all worse off.
California Is Set To Outlaw Unannounced Condom Removal
Plus: 9/11's domestic law enforcement legacy, America still behind on COVID-19 rapid testing, and more...
