The High Price of Security Theater
The $4 trillion war on terror: Where did the money go?
Features
Let's Ruin Cuba!
A look at Cuba's failed communist experiment.
The Man J. Edgar Hoover Blamed for Pearl Harbor
Larry Fly, the forgotten hero who refused to illegally wiretap Americans
Another Budget Deal That's Good for Washington and Bad for America
Congress pisses down our backs and tells us it's raining.
What You Think You Know Is Wrong
Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything on engagement rings, the TSA, and bathing every day
Barcelona's Pot Boom and Bust
The uncertain fate of cannabis clubs in "the Amsterdam of southern Europe"
'The Chinese Must Go!'
A look back at America's first major exclusionary immigration law
Americans Love Pot Taxes
But hyping cannabis cash as a source of government revenue is a bad idea.
Broken Science
What happens when cancer doctors, psychologists, and drug developers can't rely on each other's research?
Why Polls Don't Work
After decades of gradual improvement, the science of predicting election outcomes has hit an accuracy crisis.
You Know Less Than You Think About Guns
The misleading uses, flagrant abuses, and shoddy statistics of social science about gun violence
Is Your Fantasy Football Squad Illegal?
A scandal sparks a new effort to regulate daily fantasy sports.
The Man Behind The Martian
Bestselling author Andy Weir on politics, commercial space, and the future of publishing
Star Wars: Return of the Tax Credit
A Star Wars expansion at Disneyland helps keep an entertainment fee at bay.
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the Border
El Paso Rep. Beto O'Rourke explains what the GOP frontrunner misses about Mexican immigrants (and everything else).
Obamacare Could Have Been Even Worse
The federal government's new health plans are a case study in how bad the public option would have been.
Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on entrepreneurship, snobbery, and the minimum wage
Junk Science and Campus Rape
A new inquiry casts serious doubt on the most influential study on collegiate sexual assault.
A Libertarian-Gay Divorce?
Government-sponsored discrimination is nearly eradicated. So what's left to work together on?
The War on Sex Trafficking Is the New War on Drugs
And the results will be just as disastrous, for "perpetrators" and "victims" alike.
Jurassic Pigeon
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
The End of Doom
Good news! Dire predictions about cancer epidemics, mass extinction, overpopulation, and more turned out to be a bust.
Plastic Bags Are Good for You
What prohibitionists get wrong about one of modernity's greatest inventions
Why Does Cadbury Chocolate Taste Worse In America?
An overzealous FDA and a bitter trademark battle keep British expats from enjoying their favorite sweets.
San Francisco's Private Police Force
The City by the Bay has a second, private police force...with a better record than the government cops.
The FDA Wants to Ruin Your Treats
Trans fats make donuts and popcorn delicious. Soon they may be illegal.
Drop That Snack!
L.A.'s long war against working-class people eating tamales, tacos, Cheetos, and other tasty food
Geoffrey Zakarian: In Praise of Free Enterprise Food
The celebrity chef talks about America's food revolution, and the overzealous regulators who threaten it
Spilled Milk
A brief history of the dairy lobby's unwholesome influence on the U.S. Supreme Court
Which States Will Legalize Pot Next?
A preview of the marijuana initiatives that voters can expect to see in 2015 and 2016
What Can We Learn From National Primary Polling? Virtually Nothing.
Who's up? Who's down? Who cares?
The Did-Something Candidate
Scott Walker stands out in the 2016 field for running on his record. How does it stack up?
