Greg Beato

Policy

The Man Can't Bust Our Muselix

California's self-defeating war on bad health

Greg Beato | 8.12.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

First Amendment Lite

How the feds police liquor-related thought crime

Greg Beato | 7.22.2008 7:00 AM

Policy

Suited and Booted

How anti-doping hysteria is ruining sports

Greg Beato | 7.10.2008 3:00 PM

Culture

Free the Fireworks!

Can individual citizens be trusted to celebrate Independence Day with a bang?

Greg Beato | 6.30.2008 3:00 PM

Super Bowl

Sex, Lies, and Reality Television

Why honesty is not always the best policy

Greg Beato | 6.18.2008 3:00 PM

Culture

The Birth of the Nuppie

High-end designers target nomadic urban professionals

Greg Beato | 5.20.2008 7:00 AM

Culture

Drop Barbies, Not Bombs, on Iran

Winning the culture wars over there-and at home too

Greg Beato | 5.6.2008 12:00 PM

Hollywood's Decency Epidemic

An onslaught of wholesome entertainment

Greg Beato | 4.29.2008 12:01 PM

Policy

Absolut Faux Pas

When vodka ads offend nativists

Greg Beato | 4.10.2008 4:26 PM

Civil Liberties

I'm With Stupid

The perennially embattled free speech zone over our chests

Greg Beato | 3.27.2008 3:00 PM

Culture

Mothers Doin' It for Themselves!

What's behind the fake baby craze?

Greg Beato | 3.14.2008 12:00 PM

The Golden Age

How Americans learned to stop worrying and love workplace drug testing

Greg Beato | 2.13.2008 3:00 PM

Economics

The Virtues of Conspicuous Giving

How self-righteous, empty-headed celebrities promote private charity

Greg Beato | 2.5.2008 7:01 AM

Nanny State

Where's the Beef?

Thank McDonald's for keeping you thin.

Greg Beato | 12.11.2007 7:31 AM

Culture

Say You Love Santa

Pop culture's war on secularists

Greg Beato | 11.14.2007 11:54 AM

Culture

Amusing Ourselves to Depth

Is The Onion our most intelligent newspaper?

Greg Beato | 10.18.2007 12:00 PM

Politics

Bleeding into the Mainstream

How John McCain Popularized Human Cockfighting

Greg Beato | 9.20.2007 12:16 PM

Culture

The Fetishist Next Door

The all-American appeal of Bettie Page

Greg Beato | 7.30.2007 1:18 PM

Culture

The Secret of The Secret

A cult self-help DVD fleeces the credulous.

Greg Beato | 3.15.2007 6:16 AM

Policy

Pot Clubs in Peril

Are San Francisco zoning boards a bigger threat to medical marijuana than the DEA?

Greg Beato | 2.1.2007 11:02 AM

Rant: Smile, You're on the Telescreen

Universal surveillance meets universal exhibitionism.

Greg Beato | 1.30.2007 11:32 AM

Policy

How 'Big Nutrition' Destroys Your Will to Fatness

Awash in healthy choices, starving brains seek sugary relief.

Greg Beato | 1.11.2007 5:56 AM

Culture

All Power to the Couch Potatoes

The remote control turns 50

Greg Beato | 10.5.2006 12:24 PM

Politics

Sin Cities on a Hill

How legalized gambling moved from the Strip to Main Street.

Greg Beato | 5.5.2006 12:00 AM

Policy

Homeschooling Alone

Why corporate reformers are ignoring the real revolution in education.

Greg Beato | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

The House the Burgeses Built

One family's neighborhood-wide approach to home education.

Greg Beato | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Homeschooling Facts

Greg Beato | 4.1.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

Shop the Vote

The era of one-click democracy

Greg Beato | 2.3.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

2004: The Year In Excuses

Blamethrowers, rationalizers, fingerpointers, and plain old whiners-the people who made us proud all year

Greg Beato | 12.30.2004 12:00 AM

Policy

Tommy Chong's Bongs

A stoner icon goes to jail.

Greg Beato | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM

Politics

Xtreme Measures

Washington's new crackdown on pornography.

Greg Beato | 5.1.2004 12:00 AM