The government may soon stop making you turn off your iPad for no apparent reason.

A new blog, Rejection Letters of the Philosophers, “imagin[es] what the greats of history might have been faced with, had they been forced to publish or perish.”

Apparently, the prospect of a thousand pound fine isn’t enough to persuade Bristol’s dog owners to clean up after their pooches.

Yes, it ended slavery. But at a huge cost.

This is a problem of culture and leadership that can’t wait.

The leader of a ministry that has been trying to cure gays since 1976 has announced that he’s gay.

Radical Islamists now dominate the Syrian opposition. And you’re arming them.

George Zimmer, the founder and public face of Men’s Wearhouse since 1973, has been fired as CEO.

What possible value would it have almost four decades after the fact that justifies expending not inconsiderable taxpayer resources?

Going from flying a real airplane to operating a drone in Alamagordo sucks.

If there’s a Hell, somebody’s going to go there.

The AP has the Supreme Court banning demonstrations at the Supreme Court. The regulation in question doesn’t actually do that.

My latest for The Atlantic, “Why Should Congress and the Courts Care About Snooping If Citizens Don’t?” has posted.

Former President Bill Clinton says President Obama should ignore the polls and intervene in Syria.

The United Nations has documented 92,901 dead in Syria’s civil war.

Why won’t the “women don’t get pregnant from rape” meme die?

Do bad habits make bad people?

The infamous VA backlog is finally dwindling. Much of it was a function of good intentions.

The former NFL wideout formerly known as Chad Ochocinco will spend a month in jail for patting his lawyer on the fanny.

While our leaders may not be fully trustworthy, they, not disgruntled low level employees, are best positioned to decide.

Scientists have known for years that large quantities of supplemental vitamins can be quite harmful. Yet, the FDA is prohibited by law from telling the public.

Who was the better Superman: Christopher Reeve or Henry Cavill? Who was the better Batman: Michael Keaton or Christian Bale? Who was the better Spiderman: Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield?

The economy is so bad there’s a thriving business in tire rental.

I’m a big fan of Prismatic but, sometimes, the algorithm that matches the stories and photos doesn’t work as well as it ought:

Then-Lieutenant Wales intervened to prevent a gay trooper from getting beaten by a gang of thugs.

Not only do we not know the whole story of the NSA data mining operation, key details of what thought we knew are wrong.

Jay Stanley and Ben Wizner, privacy experts at the ACLU, argue that metadata is more sensitive than we think.

Ronnie Koenig reveals “What Being Editor in Chief of Playgirl Taught Me About Female Desire.”

The latest theory about what Neil Armstrong said on the moon is based on his boyhood in northwestern Ohio.

Seen whilst on a run by commenter john personna

In what may be the worst sales pitch in history, President Obama says, “”If people don’t trust the executive branch, and also congress and the judicial branch, then we’re going to have some problems here.”

The government has your cell phone and credit card records. What can they do with that information?

The IRS spent $50 million on 225 employee conferences. What did the taxpayer get in return?

Apparently, it’s not just reporters whose phone logs the Obama administration is tracking.

A look at regional differences in American English.

I have for months taken it as a given that she went on five Sunday morning talk shows and lied about what happened there. Did she?

Dave Schuler has roused himself from his boredom with the news to comment on the passing of Bob Fletcher, of whom I’d never heard. It’s a story worth hearing if you haven’t.

Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is under fire for academic fraud.

Syria isn’t Libya.

Finland gives all parents of newborns a cardboard box for their babies to sleep in. No, they’re not homeless.

TIME says Cuccinelli vs. McAuliffe is “The Dirtiest, Nastiest, Low-Down Campaign In America.”

Facebook billionaire Sean Parker wanted an elaborate wedding based on the Lord of the Rings and wasn’t going to let little things like the law or some environmental damage stop him.

A weird story from rural Alabama.

Federal workers are facing being laid off several days without pay; they’re being advised not to seek private sector employment to make up the difference.

NYU’s Geoffrey Miller has done a groundbreaking study connecting obesity, and particularly the consumption of simple carbohydrates, with failure to complete doctoral dissertations.

If there’s one thing that our generals and admirals agree on it’s that generals and admirals should retain their power.

The state of Mississippi is going to use DNA evidence to track down statutory rapists. Why not deadbeat dads?

Dr. Keith Ablow lays out the case that President Obama is conducting psychological warfare on us.

Yesterday, I noted that the theme park business is booming and suggested that, based on how crowded the parks are, Disney should raise their prices. It turns out that they had done just that the night before.