Culture War
More Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Than Ever
Republicans nearly at majority approval.
Nick Gillespie: Libertarians Have Won the Culture Wars, Even Though Universities Are "Constipated, Stultified"
Interesting discussion from Australia's Friedman conference with Claire Lehmann of Quillette.com.
Liberals Are Amazed That Campus Free Speech Outrage Gets So Much Attention. Here's Why It Matters.
"You'd think liberal arts undergrads had the nuclear codes," writes Chris Hayes.
Boujee, Bougie, Bourgie: Who's Appropriating Whose Culture? An Answer in 12 Songs
In the spirit of an interracial, equal-opportunity orgy of bougie-ness, check out these tunes and videos.
Mike Pence Won't Dine With Dangerous Women [Reason Podcast]
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk Mad Men, Elon Musk, Venezuela, and the value of boozy dinners with male bosses.
Lionel Shriver Doesn't Care If You Hate Her Sombrero
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Mandibles pulls no punches when it comes to race, sex, or economics.
Outrage Over Children's Book Parody Will Simply Feed Culture War Further
The cure for bad speech is more speech. The cure for bad jokes is … maybe better jokes?
LGBT Lives Are Better Than Ever, Yet The Culture War Grows Louder
In the future, everybody's religious beliefs will be newsworthy for 15 minutes.
Conservatarian Novelist Brad Thor: ISIS Exemplifies Islam, Trump and Clinton are Terrible
The 'Foreign Agent' author flirts with a "Salman Rushdie moment," doubles down on his #NeverTrump, #NeverHillary stance, and explains how America has "cancer."
Trump Campaign Strikes Right Note on Melania's Nude Pictures
This is probably the closest thing to a pro-sex-work stance that any major-party candidate has ever taken.
Frats Chastised for Culturally Appropriating Sexual-Assault Awareness
The Interfraternity Council Monday apologized for how the anti-assault banners "may have been emotionally triggering for survivors."
Prince, Curt Schilling, and the Acceleration of History
Cultural changes can happen quite quickly.
In Search of the Elusive Cultural Libertarian
You might be a cultural libertarian if... well, that depends on whom you ask.
Gay Person + Cake = News, Even If It's a Hoax
A likely fake incident becomes yet another culture war contretemps.
Does the Culture War Have Room for Openly Gay Evangelicals?
Sex, faith, and paradox in a changing America
Why You Should Care About the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Even If You Don't Care for Porn
Nowhere do so many constitutional abuses converge as with government treatment of pornography and adult entertainment.
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.
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.
