John Milius, Hollywood Maverick
The lost bridge between the New Hollywood of the '70s and the anti-Communist flicks of the Reagan era
History
How Not to Legalize a Drug
Yanking alcohol back out of the black market left America with a wicked Prohibition hangover.
Why Did Nicholas Kristof Believe Somaly Mam's Lies?
The roots and consequences of a deception.
'She Literally Walked the Streets of Downtown Manhattan Like a Gay Superhero'
Storme DeLarverie, RIP
Here's Something Huge That Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Doesn't Know About History
In foreign policy the danger is intervention, not 'isolation'
Disco Doesn't Suck. Here's Why.
Once largely derided as shallow, faddish, consumerist music, disco has been reappraised as the stifled sounds of cultural liberation. Of course, it could always be both.
Immortal Keynes?
Anyone who has been watching President Obama's response to the Great Recession will realize that policymakers have learned little since the 1930s.
Friday A/V Club: Our Friendly Government Explains Why These Concentration Camps Are in Everyone's Best Interests
A propaganda film defends the internment of Japanese Americans.
Good News: The Bad News Is Overhyped
Optimism isn't just an attitude-it's an accurate assessment of how well the human race has fared over the past several centuries.
It's Not Racist to Hate the Government
Democrats and progressives are flat-out wrong about libertarians.
Why Civil Rights and Gun Rights Are Inseparable
A riveting new book restores "the black tradition of arms" to its proper place in American history.
Friday A/V Club: Joe Lieberman Battles Digital Demons
When the Senate studied video games
Choose Your Own Adventure
Propaganda, games, and the quest for a more 'democratic' media environment.
Scalia's Factual Flub Is Part of a Long Supreme Court Tradition
Our addled Supreme Court justices.
A Constitutional Case for Gay Marriage
The Equal Protection Clause demands equal treatment for same-sex couples.
The Communist Party's Role in the Rise of Joseph McCarthy
No, not some crazy Manchurian Candidate scenario
Four Great Myths of the McCarthy Era
Sixty years after the Army-McCarthy hearings, we should reexamine some of our accumulated lore about the period.
Assassins, Witches, Secret Societies, and Skepticism: Jesse Walker Discusses Conspiracy Theories With the National Capital Area Skeptics
A talk recorded in Bethesda on April 5.
Friday A/V Club: Let These Marionettes Demonstrate How to Save Your Cows in the Event of a Nuclear Attack
Some strange old civil defense spots
Friday A/V Club: A Nightmare Vision of a World Without Congress
The 1947 "instructional" film The Powers of Congress
Friday A/V Club: That Time Thomas the Tank Engine Was a Scab
The most right-wing project any Beatle was ever involved with
Ronald Reagan: Hawk, Dove, or 'It's Complicated'?
Republicans check their WWRRD? bracelets.
