opinionGoldilocks Has a VirusFacebook’s Existential Crisis Isn’t What You Think It IsIf it’s too exciting, it breaks our society. Too boring, it breaks its business model. It’s hard for an addiction machine to get it just right, so Zuck wants the feds to step in.James Poulos
You Know What I Meme?The Net Ate the Right, Killed the Tea Party & Elected TrumpOnline, violating expectations for laughs is almost a foundational principle. So why not an about-face on spending? If it goes viral, go with it.James Poulos
CRAZYTOWNTed Cruz’s Crazy AdvisersSo much for any optimism about a potential Cruz reboot of international relations after the mistakes of the last two administrations. James Poulos
PC WarsWhat Plato Said About Trigger WarningsSo the anti-feminist feminist got heckled again by the PC kids. We can disdain them. But instead let’s turn to Plato, who can explain them.James Poulos
Higher “Learning”?Why Colleges Cancel ‘American Sniper’Yes, it’s political correctness run amok. But it’s more than that. Campuses are grooming whiners because they aren’t nurturing citizens.James Poulos
CHIMES OF UNFREEDOMNot So Fast on ‘Yes Means Yes’Now we’re getting legislation to enforce that yes means yes on campuses. OK, but let’s understand that it comes at a price to autonomy.James Poulos
Civility!How Block Bot Could Save the InternetA new Twitter screening program allows users to stiff-arm the disagreeable. If we can’t save ourselves from each other, maybe algorithms can.James Poulos
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s Big BrotherNo, We Don’t Hate the Surveillance StateEdward Snowden won at the Oscars, but he’s losing in RL. We don’t hate the surveillance state. We’re embracing it more and more.James Poulos
MAKING A DIFFERENCE Helping Homeless Like Selling ToothpasteA for-profit company looks to partner with brokers and realtors to help change the world, one house at a time.James Poulos
LET’S TALK TAX CREDITSMeet Jeb’s New New RightNow that Jeb Bush is talking up “reform conservatism”, it’s time to take a look at who the reformocons actually are—and what they can do to actually win the debate.James Poulos
