Media Loves Big Government
Reporters seek out stories about government saving the day
Moral Panic
Online Poker's High Stakes Game in California
Casino moguls and their powerful interests are feigning moral outrage to crush competitors.
'Innocence Stolen?' Maybe Not. Suspicion Cast on Sex-Trafficking Tale at Heart of Eden
Another high-profile sex trafficking yarn is coming unraveled.
Why Did Nicholas Kristof Believe Somaly Mam's Lies?
The roots and consequences of a deception.
Techno-Panic Self-Parody Alert
A member of the "Fox News Medical A-Team" attacks Facebook and video games.
Talkin' Game Panics on Wisconsin Public Radio
A discussion of "A Short History of Game Panics"
The Moral Case for Designer Babies
Should parents be allowed to know if their fetus will get Alzheimer's?
When Satan Was Spotted at Head Start
A professor tries to rehabilitate ritual-abuse prosecutions of the 1980s and '90s.
Casino Magnate Finds Legislators to Support His War on Online Gambling
Death to the competition! For the children, of course.
Codgers Freaking Out Over Millennial Texts, Twerks, and Video Games
I wish outraged oldsters remembered how we once laughed at those who were frightened by Elvis Presley.
Today Show Worried About Cough Syrup Drink "Sizzurp"
Have you heard of it? Is it the aughts?
Fla. Teen Gay Porn Star Suspended from School But Returns
Adult high school senior said he got into industry to help mother make ends meet
Nancy Grace Warns: Hopped-Up Reefer Maniacs Are Strangling People, Killing Whole Families
Reefer Madness, 2014 edition.
Protecting Kids From Predators Doesn't Require Bigotry
We can still regulate "who" and "where."
Newtown: The Moral Panic That Wasn't
A year later, Newtown's legislative legacy is far less dramatic than it might have been.
Last of Fabricated 'Satanic Ritual Abuse' Prisoners Finally Freed
Texas case went back to 1992
Juggalos, ACLU Team Up Against the Feds
They want the government to stop listing Insane Clown Posse fans as a "gang."
Five Things They Don't Want You to Know About Conspiracy Theories
Exploding the myths about the paranoid tales we tell.
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
What The New York Times Missed When It Tried to Explain Conspiracy Theories
Powerful people can be paranoid too.
