Stillborn Utopia
Masdar City is an $18 billion attempt to build a zero-carbon community on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. It's empty.
Science & Technology
The U.S.-China Climate Change Deal Is Terrible. Fortunately, It Doesn't Matter
Guess what? America is not really doing anything we weren't going to do anyway, and neither is China.
Video Game Violence: A Scientific 'Consensus' Cracks
Reel violence does not lead to real violence.
Obama's Scheme to Regulate U.S. Into 'Net Neutrality' Nirvana Could Kill Broadband
The best use of the FCC in the modern world-or, indeed, the world of decades past-is to hold a pillow over its face until it stops twitching.
Net Neutrality—and Obama's Scheme for the Internet—Are Lousy Ideas
"Net neutrality" and public-utility style regulation are about Internet freedom, just not the way advocates think.
How Buying Drugs Online Became Safe, Easy, and Boring
Silk Road is dead, but anonymous Internet sales of illegal substances are here to stay.
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.
