Ted Cruz Slams Donald Trump For 'New York Values.' What the Hell Does That Mean?
Cruz's clichéd vision of "New York values" discounts the experience of millions of New Yorkers.
Culture War
Is It Unethical for Caucasians to Cook Chinese Food?
The pernicious silliness of cultural appropriation censorship.
Science Fiction Fans Are Fighting About Politics. It's Not the End of the Universe
Science fiction's culture wars have been around for as long as science fiction.
College Students Adopt ISIS School of Art Criticism
The attempt to airbrush historical stuff from the present is the height of authoritarianism.
Another Right-Winger Complains About Violent Video Games. Oh Wait, It's a Feminist.
The only game that matters to the culture war is the zero-sum game.
Ronald Bailey Reports that Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World
And that's something to be happy about.
Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World
Liberals are WEIRD too, but conservatives are not.
Growing Unhappiness With U.S. Abortion Laws
Support for abortion policies in the United States is at its lowest level since 2001.
Aversion to Truth Isn't Specific to Any Ideology
When it comes to the truth, the real bias is thinking any one side has a monopoly on it.
This Week's Culture War: Arguing About a Creedence Clearwater Revival Song
When the band plays "Fortunate Son," they point the cannon at...
Manufactured Culture Wars
The two major political parties are more alike than they are different when it comes to abortion and free speech.
'Acting White' Remains a Barrier for Black Education
Blaming the issue on society is like telling someone on a rainy day not to use an umbrella, but to support efforts to eliminate weather.
Steven Salaita and the Tyranny of 'Hate Speech'
"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.
Americans Say Country is 'More Divided.' Maybe It's Not Divided Enough.
Fortunately, our countrymen plan to vote this November, presumably to enact their vision of the good life into law and stuff it down the throats of the folks on the other side of the divide.
The Totalitarian Crusade Against Second-Hand Smoke
There are few issues that are as riddled with outright claptrap as the scare about what smokers' puffing is doing to innocent non-smokers.
Liberal Elites, PC Crowd, "Intolerants" Responsible for A&E Indefinitely Suspending "Duck Dynasty" Reality Show Star Over Anti-Gay Comments, Part of War on Christians, Religious Liberty, or Free Speech, Duck Dynasty Supporters Allege
Wheel of outrage, turn, turn, turn, what is the lesson that we should learn?
Wisconsin Adopts Free-Market Policies as Neighboring Minnesota Expands Government
Consider 'em laboratories
Under Wide One-Party Control, States Diverge on Social Issues
You're usually SOL if you favor guns and gay marriage
Colorado Political Battles Pit Urban Democrats Against Rural Republicans
With the urbanized front rangers currently winning
The Kermit Gosnell Abortion Trial, Gun Control and Heartbreaker Stories in the Media
How arguments shielding the Gosnell trial from use in the debate about reproductive rights work just as well for gun rights
The Libertarian Philosophy of the NFL's Latest Gay-Friendly Celebrity
Chris Kluwe's support of gay marriage doesn't necessarily mean support for Obama
A Conservative Who Supports Gay Marriage Is Still a Conservative? Imagine That!
The strongest conservative voice in favor of gay marriage has the ears of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
