The Telegraph Was America’s First Singularity
Technological leaps and political upheaval go together like spaghetti and meatballs.
May 2019
Cover Story
Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead to World War III?
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.
Features
‘It Is Better To Work for Yourself Than Sit and Wait for Aid’
Kenya needs workers. Kenya has Somali refugees who want to work. If only the government would get out of the way.
Standing on the Shoulders of Tyrants
Donald Trump's rhetoric is breathtakingly authoritarian, but so far he's done less than his predecessors to expand executive power.
Print Articles
Table of Contents
Interviews
When Gun Control Is Censorship
New Defense Distributed chief Paloma Heindorff on making guns, fighting lawsuits, and life after Cody Wilson
Topics
The Feds Make a Killing by Overcharging for Electronic Court Records
Modern Monetary Theory Is Supply Side Economics—but for the Left
Would We Have Been Better Off With Perot?
An alternative history of America after 1992
Foggy Sex Trafficking Stats Pop Up in the Bay Area
Did San Francisco really see a 170 percent "spike in human trafficking" last year?
Virginia Governor Rekindles Heated Abortion Debate
A Southern officeholder gains little from pushing for a right to post-delivery abortion.
Reviews
Green Book
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Roswell, New Mexico
Ristretto Roasters
The Age of Napoleon
The Dropout
From the Ground Up
Culture
Cancel Culture Comes for Counterculture Comics
Today it's creators, not cops, who want to banish R. Crumb, onetime king of the comics underground.
Books
Return of the Reefer-Crazed Killer
"The black tide of psychosis and the red tide of violence are rising together on a green wave."
Brickbats
Brickbats
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