How Buying Drugs Online Became Safe, Easy, and Boring
Silk Road is dead, but anonymous Internet sales of illegal substances are here to stay.
Science & Technology
Can We Save Nature by Making It Economically Useless?
"Decoupling" human economy from ecology could render large areas of pastures, croplands, and managed forests too remote for exploitation.
What Is the Libertarian Response to Ebola?
How a free society should respond to a communicable disease outbreak.
The Dallas Ebola Outbreak Is About to Be Officially Over
In Africa, alas, the epidemic is still raging.
North Korea Reacts to Ebola Pretty Much Exactly the Way You'd Expect North Korea to React to Ebola
Pyongyang's paranoia finds a new target.
Ebola Panic Control
A nurse's successful quarantine challenge is a victory for reason and due process.
How to Make Life Inconvenient for Politicians Not Just on Election Day — But Every Day
Voting is fine, but there are better ways to keep government officials on their toes.
Psychedelic Science
Despite steep regulatory barriers, researchers are exploring the therapeutic possibilities of ecstasy, acid, and mushrooms.
Court Rejects Ebola Quarantine Effort Against Nurse
"Misconceptions, misinformation, bad science and bad information," charges the judge.
Misandry in the GamerGate Controversy
One of the weirder bouts of gender conflict in the culture wars.
Virgin Galactic Rocket Crashes During Test (Update: One Reported Dead)
Status of two pilots currently unknown
Here's Why You Shouldn't Use the Fingerprint Password on Smartphones in Virginia
Judge rules suspects can be compelled to use fingerprint to provide police access.
Is Capitalism Environmentally Unsustainable?
The goal must be to find ways for liberty and the environment to flourish together, not to sacrifice one in the vain hope of protecting the other.
The City of South Miami Wants to Split Florida in Two
Climate-change fears don't always lead to calls for centralization.
