World Leaders Take Most Menacing G8 Group Photo Ever
nymag.com 13 hours ago
We hear scary opera music.
The Story Behind the Brazil Protest’s Shocking Pepper-Spray Photo
nymag.com 7 hours ago
She wasn't doing anything, the photographer tells us.
314
- from 72
- and1349
- in last 4hrs
Can the Budget Ever Be Cut?
reason.com 12 hours ago
The sad story of three new federal budget proposals
93
- from 352
- and18
- in last 7hrs
Nothing But Blood in Syrian Intervention for U.S.
reason.com 10 hours ago
The Obama administration doesn't understand what the average citizen does: Stay out of the Middle East.
78
- from 222
- and21
- in last 6hrs
Obama: Spilling Secrets Is Bad When It Scares People, Good When It Reassures Them
reason.com 3 hours ago
In an interview with Charlie Rose that aired last night, President Obama said that despite his defense of the NSA's recently revealed surveillance programs,
63
- from 7
- and20
- in last 3hrs
Teen Faces Year in Jail and $500 Fine After Wearing NRA Shirt to School
reason.com 5 hours ago
Back in April, Logan Middle School in West Virginia found itself at the center of controversy when it suspended Jared Marcum, called the police, and had
56
- from 4
- and24
- in last 3hrs
5 Alarming Things We Should Have Already Known About the NSA, Surveillance, and Privacy Before Ed...
reason.com 9 hours ago
A few reminders about the general state of surveillance and privacy in the U.S.A.
49
- from 80
- and22
- in last 5hrs
Supreme Court Rules Fifth Amendment Has to Actually Be Invoked
reason.com 17 June
Better brush up on those constitutional protections if you want to use them
34
- from 463
- and142
- in last 20hrs
Michael Hastings, R.I.P.
reason.com 3 hours ago
Michael Hastings, a great young journalist whose reporting from Afghanistan for Rolling Stone ended the active career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal and whose
33
- from 18
- and5
- in last 3hrs
Mom's Crime? Asking To See the (Nonexistent) Arrest Warrant for Her Son.
reason.com 5 hours ago
Police in Slaton, Texas, took exception when a 32-year-old mom had the nerve to ask to see the arrest warrant for her 11-year-old son. Rather than show
31
- from 32
- and3
- in last 3hrs
 Arrest Warrant for Her Son.&caption=Found%20on%20www.newswhip.com&redirect_uri=http://www.newswhip.com/Mayhem)
Transparent Citizens, Invisible Government | Boston Review
bostonreview.net 6 hours ago
Elaine Scarry June 18, 2013 President George W...
28
- from 25
- and4
- in last 3hrs
Spying on Americans: A Very Old Story by Aryeh Neier | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
nybooks.com 7 hours ago
Aryeh Neier Much of the political surveillance of the 1960s and the 1970s consisted in efforts to identify organizations that were critical of government...
27
- from 22
- and16
- in last 3hrs
17 Photos of Brazilians Overreacting to a Nine-Cent Fare Hike
nymag.com 10 hours ago
By rioting in the streets.
23
- from 3
- and82
- in last 5hrs
Kris Kobach: We Don't Need to Convict or Try People in Order to Punish Them
reason.com 5 hours ago
Kansas Secretary of State Chris Kobach is a lightning rod in the immigration debate. He's a lawyer with the hyper-restrictionist Federation for American
21
- from 1
- and10
- in last 3hrs
Why This Woman Will Destroy You in Chess | In Their Own Words | Big Think
bigthink.com 4 hours ago
Even arch rationalists, people who think very carefully, are swayed by the presence of others.
20
- from 16
- and2
- in last 3hrs
NSA Scandal: How Leaks Advance Liberty and Resist Tyranny
reason.com 6 hours ago
Using technology to keep the government in check.
18
- from 6
- and10
- in last 3hrs
Unstoppable Messages from the President, Now Coming to Your Smart Phone!
reason.com 13 hours ago
I un-fondly remember annoying Emergency Broadcast System tests interrupting my childhood television shows back in the days when such an intrusion could
17
- from 24
- and35
- in last 9hrs
Google Fighting to Lift FISA Court Gag Orders
reason.com 5 hours ago
Challenging on First Amendment grounds to release number of people affected
17
- from 0
- and6
- in last 3hrs
911 Caller Pleads Guilty to False Report That Led to Police Shooting of Unarmed Teenager
reason.com 7 hours ago
Prosecutor previously declined to press involuntary manslaughter charges; caller will now spend 90 days in jail
15
- from 7
- and13
- in last 3hrs
Getting Wi-Fi To Rural Areas Via Balloon | IdeaFeed | Big Think
bigthink.com 7 hours ago
As of this weekend, Google has begun testing Project Loon, in which solar-powered balloons flying 12 miles above the Earth to provide Internet to participating locations in New Zealand.
13
- from 5
- and11
- in last 3hrs
NSA Surveillance Program Transparent Enough for Barack Obama
reason.com 11 hours ago
President Obama’s on the defensive on the latest scandal to embroil his administration. Unlike the IRS scandal, the president doesn’t claim to have
13
- from 17
- and27
- in last 7hrs
The Faulty Logic of the 'Math Wars'
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com 17 June
The “reform” strategy for teaching math that has taken American schools by storm lacks a claim to the progressive values that are its chief selling point.
13
- from 121
- and68
- in last 19hrs
Using "Holograms" In Medical School Lectures | IdeaFeed | Big Think
bigthink.com 2 hours ago
It's not quite a "Star Trek" holodeck, but two junior doctors based in London have developed a way to display 3D animated graphics of body parts on an auditorium stage.
13
- from 2
- and3
- in last 2hrs
American Medical Association Council: Stop Calling Obesity a ‘Disease’
reason.com 8 hours ago
Your genes may make you predisposed to Cheetos. You may have a hormonal problem that causes everything you put in your mouth to attach to your hips while
12
- from 4
- and16
- in last 4hrs
James O’Keefe Shocked to Learn Goods Are Fungible
nymag.com 12 hours ago
This market where things can be bought or sold sounds like another Obama plot to steal your money.
12
- from 10
- and32
- in last 8hrs
From An Unwritten Theory of Dreams by Zbigniew Herbert | The New York Review of Books
nybooks.com 12 hours ago
Zbigniew Herbert, translated from the Polish by Alissa Valles The torturers sleep soundly their dreams are rosy good-natured genocides—foreign and home-grown already forgiven...
11
- from 5
- and40
- in last 8hrs
With the drop of a hat an authoritarian regime can redefine the word: "terrorist“ | Neurobonkers |...
bigthink.com 4 hours ago
I think we should all take a moment to consider the news that everyone who continues to protest in Istanbul’s Taksim square is to be considered a terrorist ...
11
- from 4
- and10
- in last 4hrs
Jay-Z’s Samsung Deal Is a Perfect Example of the New Celebrity-Endorsement World
nymag.com 13 hours ago
When it comes to marketing smartphones and music albums, the state of the art is changing very fast.
11
- from 50
- and19
- in last 12hrs
Find Your Hurricane Evacuation Zone!: New York’s Least Fun New Game*
nymag.com 6 hours ago
If you weren't in an evacuation zone before, you might be in one now.
11
- from 10
- and0
- in last 3hrs
10
- from 32
- and8
- in last 9hrs
Republican Senator Admits to Flip-Flopping on NSA Because He Trusted Bush More Than Obama
reason.com 11 hours ago
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) used to like the Patriot Act and the powers it granted to agencies like the NSA. Now, like a lot of his fellow Republicans,
10
- from 0
- and44
- in last 7hrs
Four Marijuana Moments by Jorge G. Castañeda
project-syndicate.org 16 hours ago
Latin America and the United States have experienced what one could call a series of “marijuana moments” over the past few weeks...
10
- from 9
- and36
- in last 11hrs
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s New, Boring Signature Is Headed for the Dollar Bill
nymag.com 8 hours ago
What a disappointment.
9
- from 1
- and11
- in last 4hrs
Obama: I'm Not Dick Cheney, and Syria Isn't Iraq
nymag.com 18 hours ago
The president defends his policies on Charlie Rose.
9
- from 18
- and40
- in last 11hrs
Congressman: Abortion Restrictions Justified Because Fetuses Masturbate
reason.com 11 hours ago
Today, the House of Representatives will debate HR 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would outlaw almost all abortions 20 weeks
9
- from 8
- and18
- in last 7hrs
