Staff Reviews
Practical Anarchy
James C. Scott's latest book makes a low-key case for a little bit of anarchism.
Finding Sex in the Bill of Rights
How the American Civil Liberties Union changed the way Americans think about sexual freedom.
The Increasingly Libertarian Milton Friedman
The most respectable libertarian got more radical with age.
How Hollywood Sees Iran
The new films Argo and The Iran Job offer two very different portraits of the country and its people.
The Transformation of Families
We aren't really witnessing "the end of men," but we may be seeing the start of something new.
Wreck-It Ralph
There's a message beyond nostalgia for adult watchers of this video game movie.
Hating Breitbart's Powerful Post-Partisan Message
The New Media is the Massage. And Reality Will Never Be the Same Again, Thank God.
Paranormal Activity 4
A surprisingly creepy and effective new addition to the horror series.
Seven Psychopaths and Sinister
A dose of bloody comic violence and a genuinely creepy horror flick.
Atlas Shrugged Part II: Election Edition
Ayn Rand's timeless classic is filmed as a Tea Party fable.
Power in a Same-Sex Union
How the fight for gay marriage transformed the gay rights movement.
Half of the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong
A review of The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman.
San Francisco's Darkest Hours
The founder of Salon takes a fascinating tour of the Golden Gate City, 1967-82.
Won't Back Down
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis team up in Hollywood's latest implausible school reform flick
Last Resort: Sailing into America's Post-Post-9/11 World
New series explores our current cultural dichotomy of defiance and authoritarianism.
