Forget Fake News, the Real Problem Is Stupid News
Most "news" is just press releases and breathless exaggerations of isolated problems.
Most "news" is just press releases and breathless exaggerations of isolated problems.
The mandated pay increases disproportionately impact the restaurant industry.
Deflections, generational conflict, and misleading data abound.
In Comic-Cons, as in great nations, there's room for plenty more to live the dream.
But it wasn't all woke one-upmanship—they also discussed public policy.
Studies show no connection between games and real-world aggression.
A global culinary capital considers surrendering to the nanny state.
If a chaotic concert that nearly failed "defined a generation," what does that actually mean?
A low-intensity Nic Cage (what’s the point?) and a long-overdue visit with some hillbilly snake handlers.
TV's "Mr. Wonderful" says that the president has deregulated the economy.
TV's "Mr. Wonderful" says that the president has deregulated the economy in a powerful way and "is a great entertainer."
The Mexican factories Warren loves to attack are putting damn good guitars in the hands of America's young and cash-strapped musicians.
While the teenager has a legitimate beef about coverage of his encounter with Native American activist Nathan Phillips, that doesn't mean he has a legal cause of action.
A new book explores the First World War's role in creating the horror genre.
Running a restaurant is hard enough without government micromanagers trying to stir the pot.
It's a throwback to an earlier Hollywood era, and an argument for why movies still matter.
Quentin Tarantino journeys into the movie-biz past and replays the Manson murders.
The viral clip was misleadingly edited, and stripped of important context
The policy denies citizenship to some children of married US-citizen same-sex couples if the child is born abroad, in situations where the child of opposite-sex couples are automatically considered citizens. It is a clear case of unconstitutional sex discrimination.
The Democratic congresswoman said that people cannot live off tips. People who live off tips beg to differ.
She likely wasn't in any danger, but that never stopped the busybodies before.
The difference between two identical genes—one edited and the other a natural mutation—is entirely metaphysical.
A previously unpublished conversation with “investigative satirist” Paul Krassner, who just died at age 87.
The causes of opioid-related deaths are more complicated than "too many pain pills."
A handful of dumb tweets do not a story make.
The government shouldn't pass special laws that prevent people from revealing what's true.
The law is an ass, cleft and all.
The long American spiritual tradition that gave us Marianne Williamson—and Donald Trump
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are well worth seeing, but not in this movie.
"The cost of not doing this is the harm done to other Googlers every time they encounter these terms," says the company's diversity and inclusion team.
The U.S. women's soccer team deserves better, but mandating equal pay isn't the answer.
New Orleans can't use zoning regulations to decide what counts as artistic expression.
So a district court held today.
Few people who tweeted #NotMyAriel were actually upset about Halle Bailey portraying the mermaid princess.
Such scaremongering poses a potentially deadly threat.
State lawmakers granted special marketing privileges to the animal meat industry
The enrolled/participants requirement was part of a divorcing couple's custody agreement -- may a court interpret this as requiring the parent with Sunday custody to take the children to mass, or give up the relevant part of her parenting time?
Local governments can't outlaw home vegetable gardens under a new Florida law.
Cannabidiol products are legal for sale and consumption, but adding it to other things is somehow forbidden.
The comic magazine's ability to rib culture, politics, and business shaped the boomer mentality, and we should be grateful.
So holds a Pennsylvania appellate decision.