The Futility of Digital Censorship
A fictional look at governments' desperate efforts to restrict the flow of information on the Internet
Culture & Reviews
How Poker Became a Crime
The capricious federal crackdown on the Internet version of an all-American game
The Truth About War
Photojournalists capture the brutal consequences of when America attacks
Kindly Inquisitors, Revisited
Twenty years on, the case for restricting speech in the name of tolerance is weaker than ever.
The Death of the Age of Stuff
Not long ago, one could make worth-while money by having a a garage sale.
Meet the Vinyl Community
Welcome to a weird, wonderful world where people watch each other play old records on YouTube.
Big Labor Stumbles in Wisconsin
In a showdown with Gov. Scott Walker, democracy is the big winner.
America the Paranoid
From the man who tried to shoot Andrew Jackson to The War of the Worlds, a brief history of political paranoia from Jesse Walker's The United States of Paranoia
The Endless Lives of Iain M. Banks
The late science fiction novelist grappled with a fundamental existential-and libertarian-question.
How Reggae Defeated Mambo
When communism squelched popular music in Cuba, Jamaica took over as cultural capital of the Caribbean
When Jackie Robinson Fought Back
A new movie elevates the trailblazing ballplayer's nonviolence over his furious competitive spirit.
Guantanamo Pushback
How principled men and women in the military justice system resisted encroachments on civil liberties
Are Savages Noble?
Two new books ask whether our ancestors were right about food, sex, war, and trade.
The Great Gatsby's Creative Destruction
Whether the new movie succeeds, Fitzgerald's masterpiece still speaks to America.
The iPhone Crime Wave
What Gotham's gobbled Apples reveal about the nation's falling crime rates
The Death of Contrarianism
The New Republic returns to its Progressive roots as a cheerleader for state power.
Is Anarchism Socialist or Capitalist?
A new defense of libertarian anarchism makes the case that the philosophy belongs on the left.
A History Lesson From Clarence Thomas
Correcting a liberal smear about the conservative Supreme Court justice.
Moneyball in the Workplace
Employment personality tests have evolved from phrenology to Facebook.
Beyond the Limits of the Constitution
A leading liberal law professor abandons the Constitution in the name of understanding it.
'I Escaped a North Korean Prison Camp'
An interview about life inside the Hermit Kingdom's gulag
Loving Hating Breitbart
A powerful post-partisan message from a documentary about an infamous right-winger
The Neoliberal Revolution
A new book gives Hayek, Friedman, and others too much credit—and too little.
Atlas Shrugged Part II: Election Edition
Rand's timeless novel is recast as a Tea Party fable.
How to Have a Good Idea
A unified theory of fantasy football; Eat, Pray, Love; and Burning Man.
Deadly Colonialist Fables
What dueling origin myths from the 19th century tell us about ourselves
Superhero Subsidies
Politicians eager to see their cities destroyed offer giveaways to filmmakers.
