5G Is the Future
If local NIMBYs and federal bureaucrats don't mess it up
November 2019
Features
From Turkey to Cuba to Mexico to America: A Kurdish Refugee's Journey
There are Middle Easterners hidden among the Latin Americans seeking entry at the U.S. border. But they're not who you think.
How Two Seasteaders Wound Up Marked for Death
If a tiny floating cottage brought down the wrath of the Thai navy, is there any hope for stateless life at sea?
States Are Depriving Innocent People of Their Second Amendment Rights
"Red flag" laws leave gun owners defenseless.
Interview
Topics
Medicare for All Is All Democrats Want To Talk About
Health care policy has dominated the early 2020 debates, and Obamacare has few defenders left.
A Florida Retiree's Uncut Lawn May Cost Him His House
Jim Ficken was fined $29,000 for violations of his town's tall grass ordinance.
Kagan and Gorsuch Clash Over Judicial Deference to the Administrative State
Who will rein in the ever-expanding administrative state?
Can Vegetarianism Stop Climate Change?
Eating meat doesn't have as big of an impact on the environment as you've been told.
The FBI Rebrands Its Sex Worker Harassment Campaign
Operation Independence Day is just Operation Cross Country by a different name.
Just Say 'No'
In a world in which terms like common sense too often serve as covers for coercion, the power of no is underappreciated.
Want Your Kids To Hate Reading? Have Them Keep a Reading Log
Reading logs rarely instill a love of reading in children. We ought to just drop the act.
Instead of Suing or Appealing to Regulators, These Manhattanites Paid Market Price for Their Condo Views
NIMBYs can keep their views. They just have to pay for them.
Books
The Creek Nation and the Culture of Consent
Under threat from the United States, Creek people replaced consent with coercion. Then they lost everything.
Reviews
Occult Features of Anarchism
An anthropologist examines secret societies, revolutionary movements, and esoteric ideas.
Three Women
Lisa Taddeo explores the question of free will and the extent of female sexual and romantic autonomy.
The Boys
What if the superheroes everyone loved and looked up to were actually awful people?
ETC.
Pessimists Archive Podcaster Jason Feifer Debunks Past Panics About Elevators, Novels, and Bicycles
Why do new things reliably freak us out?
Brickbats: November 2019
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
