Popular Culture
Come See Jesse Walker and Paul Cantor Discuss the Economics of Apocalypse
An event in Arlington on November 14.
Cemetery Removes Soldier's Spongebob Tombstones
Parents arranged them because of her love of the show
Meet the Vinyl Community
Welcome to a weird, wonderful world where people watch each other play old records on YouTube.
British Students Ban "Blurred Lines" From Their Own Universities
Once upon a time, students' political leaders kicked against authoritarianism; now they enforce it.
Miley Cyrus Points Out America's Ridiculous Culture of Censorship Using Breaking Bad and the VMAs as Examples
It can abide a twerk or a meth cook, but not a molly or an f-bomb
Feds Cancel Auction of Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Pop Mementos
Concerned about authenticity
Video Games Are Now a Dominant Entertainment Option. Why Is Gaming Still Treated Like a Subculture?
Why is a recreation that virtually all males (and a majority of females) do still seen as a problem?
Kanye West Criticized for Performing at Wedding of Kazakhstan President's Grandson
$3 million to be a wedding singer
MTV Libertarians: Kennedy, Kurt Loder Talk Politics & the Golden Age of MTV
Featuring Courtney Love, Rod Stewart, Rudy Giuliani, and others.
Summer Reading, Modern and Classic
Murder at the Fed, capitalism in Balzac's France, Thomas Mann's family saga, and what it takes to beat the market.
Let Them Shoot Up: In Defense of Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez's crime isn't using performance-enhancing drugs-it's breaking the illusion that Major League Baseball is a fair institution.
How Reggae Defeated Mambo
When communism squelched popular music in Cuba, Jamaica took over as cultural capital of the Caribbean