Battle Brewing Over Dutch Drones Scheduled to Drop Abortion Drugs in Poland
The "abortion drones" are scheduled to launch from Germany this Friday and deliver prohibited pills to Poland, where abortion remains mostly illegal.
Foreign Policy
NSA, British Intelligence Poke Holes in Virus-Protection Software
According to newly released Snowden docs, the spy agencies use security vulnerabilities to hack and track users.
Feds Violate Data Breach Reporting Requirements They Would Impose on Private Companies
Office Personnel Management data breach perhaps 18 million - 4X larger than reported, says CNN
Conservatarians Rising?
Charles C.W. Cooke on blending elements of the conservative and libertarian philosophies.
Another Reason Not to Draft Millennials: They Are Wisely Skeptical About War
New Cato Institute study shows the future is in good hands.
Heading Into Weekend With No Deal, Greeks Rush to Withdraw Cash
This is what a bank run looks like.
Fast Track Authority for Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Pact Passes in House (Again) Today
It already passed the Senate. Now it has to again.
Hillary's So Old, She'd Be the Same Age as Ronald Reagan Was When He Entered the White House
Hillary Clinton is physically and mentally fit for the office. But her policies are absolutely tired, backward-looking & so last-century.
Is Obama's War Against ISIS Legal?
The president's rationalization for autocratic military action is a license for unchecked global war.
Deutschland 83 Brings Drama and Humor of Cold War Germany to American TV
New Cold War coming of age/spy thriller series premieres on SundanceTV.
"Why Libertarianism is Closer to Stalinism Than You Think": Except for, you know, mass murders, gulags, and all the rest.
Sociologist Alan Wolfe rants against Rand Paul & a philosophy that would legalize drugs, allow gay marriage, open the borders, and avoid non-defensive wars.
The U.S. Patent System is Broken: Derek Khanna on Trolling and Low-Quality Patents
Our current patent policy hurts our economy and hampers innovation.
Russians and Chinese Got Snowden Documents the Old-Fashioned Way
By hacking the NSA computers. So says security analyst Bruce Schneier.
Giving Government 'Backdoor' Access to Encrypted Data Threatens Personal Privacy and National Security
The War on Terror is providing plenty of rhetorical ammunition to anti-encryption officials, but they are dangerously wrong.
Rand Paul's Strategic Ambiguity
An unusual foreign policy stance has unusual political perils.
Libertarian Moment Update: "Wall Street is getting tired of funding socially conservative Republicans…"
The future clearly belongs to socially liberal, fiscally conservative candidates. Which means Dems and Reps have some growing up to do.
The Illiberal Persecution of Tim Hunt
An old guys tells a bad joke and academia descends into a frenzy
Second Hack Attack Gained Access to Government Security Clearance Information
Are the feds still going to lecture us on how they should set the standard for cybersecurity?
The Relentless March Toward a New Universal Agreement on Climate Change
Rich countries commit to total decarbonization of the global economy.
Trans Pacific Partnership Roundup: On the Eve of Its Fast Track House Vote, The Politics Remain Twisted
Until fast track passes, no one can really be sure how to act about the trade pact itself.
Creditors Lose Patience, Walk Out of Negotiations With Greece
Looming threat of Grexit still looming
Abolish Secretive Special Ops Forces
For our own safety, we must disband these squads of killers.
How California Could Have Avoided Its Epic Water Crisis
Joel Kotkin on the causes and repercussions of the Golden State disaster.
Ted Cruz Going After the Libertarian-Hawk Vote
Are there libertarian-leaning Republicans who think Rand Paul is too soft on ISIS?
Donald Rumsfeld Says Goal of Democracy in Iraq Was 'Unrealistic,' Still a Popular Bipartisan Goal
The former Bush defense secretary's said he's always been uncomfortable with the democratic rhetoric.
Ralph Nader Blames Hillary Clinton's Lady Bits for Her "Shocking" Militarism
So what explains Obama's and Bush's? A pressing point gets lost in pop psychologizing.
Europe Goes Down the Memory Hole With the 'Right to Be Forgotten'
Nothing says "freedom" like forcing people to alter the historical record
19 Things in Rand Paul's New Book No Other GOP A-Lister Would Be Caught Dead Saying
From quoting Glenn Greenwald to calling Marco Rubio a 'so-called conservative' to saying the Republican brand 'sucks,' the Kentucky senator is living up to the whole 'new kind of Republican' thing
The PC Revolution is Eating Its Own, But What Sort of Shit Comes Next?
Political correctness is dying. The university must now embrace unfettered intellectual debate and dialogue as the way forward.
Air Force Loosens Up on Showing Transgender Troops the Door
Officers add another layer of evaluation before ejection.
"The story of technology is in fact the story of textiles."
Epic piece about how the threads that make the clothes we wear are figuratively the fabric of our lives.
Government Snoops Who Want Your Data Hand 4 Million Personnel Records to Hackers
How's that whole "trust us" thing working out?
A Pretty Goddamn Good Ode to Flyover Country
Here is the thing about America: There is ultimately no center to anything at all except for the one you make for yourself.
Lenore Skenazy Talks Free-Range Kids on Daily Show…
and is the hero of the segment, which skewers hysterical fears about our children, who are safer than ever.
