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Sense8: The Wachowskis Bring Their Hallucinatory Visions to Television
First season of show about strangers with mysterious mental connections debuts on Netflix.
Government Snoops Who Want Your Data Hand 4 Million Personnel Records to Hackers
How's that whole "trust us" thing working out?
Increasing Social Mobility Is Hard. Here's Why That's Not Changing Any Time Soon.
We shouldn't choose policies based on how they make us feel. And yet...
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.
New Initiative Filed in California Puts Pensions in Voters' Hands
Citizens would have to agree to new or expanded plans
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.
Graphic Video of Fatal Dillon Taylor Police Shooting Shows Him Wearing Headphones, Was Ruled Justified
The district attorney released a short portion when announcing his ruling last summer
Los Angeles Pulls Trigger on Massive Minimum Wage Hike; Doesn't Know Who Will Actually Have to Pay It
Demands $15 per hour by 2020.
Obamacare is Bad for Health Care Socialism
The federal health law makes it more difficult for states to pursue their own goals.
Can the President Lawfully Ignore a Supreme Court Decision?
Conservative legal pundits take aim at "judicial supremacy."
On Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre, Hong Kong's Occupy Protesters Fight Their Own Fight
The Umbrella Movement is focused on its own struggle, not mainland China's.
Nevada Residents Get Tax Dollars Back to Pay for Schools of Their Choice
The high priests of the House of Fail do not approve
Raleigh Restauranteur Pushes Local Government to Regulate Sidewalk Seating
Of course, the proposed change only affects his competition...
Are We Really Seeing a 'Nationwide Crime Wave'?
And what's behind the increase in Baltimore's homicides?
Sen. Rand Paul Continues Beating the Drum About the Privacy of Our Metadata
Dissenting justices understood the possible consequences, even back in the 1970s.
Hot Girls Wanted Tries and Fails to Turn Its Porn-Star Subjects Into Victims
Far from being the anti-porn props filmmakers want them to be, the stars of Hot Girls Wanted exhibit a complex, nuanced relationship with their work.
Vid: The Joe Biden Joke That Got Ted Cruz in Trouble
This is the latest example of how social media empowers the audience, not the "star."
Sheldon Richman: Section 215 Is Dead, But the National Security State Lives
The NSA and kindred agencies have many more arrows in their quiver than Section 215.
5 Drug PSAs That Tried to Scare the Sh*t out of Us (But Didn't)
Preachy, hyperbolic, often incorrect
5 Drug PSAs That Tried to Scare the Sh*t out of Us (But Didn't)
Preachy, hyperbolic, often incorrect
Kids in Police-Run Youth Camp Allegedly Beaten, Threatened By Cops
Officer allegedly stood on hand, broke fingers
Florida Cop Charged With On-Duty Child Abuse; Suspended With Pay
The right not to be abused by a cop while at school is actually a lot more legit than the right not to get fired for being a poor cop.
Police Warn Drivers About Nonexistent Danger of Personalized Bumper Stickers
Pitiful local news report
Section 215 Is Dead, But the National Security State Lives
The NSA and kindred agencies have many more arrows in their quiver than Section 215.
Innovation vs. Intervention in Health Care
How can we produce better health for more people at a lower cost, year after year?
Bernie Sanders and the Liberals' Moment
Don't overanalyze positive, emotional, early reactions to candidates.
