Or is refusing to hire people based on off-duty behavior akin to lifestyle discrimination?
Cartoons of the Week: April 21–27
Newt goes to the moon, while Mitt Romney toes the border between conservative and moderate
Walmart’s Discounted Ethics
Its Mexican bribery scandal shows the perils of bowing to local “custom”
Childism: The Unacknowledged Prejudice Against Kids
Racism and sexism are understood as ideological prejudices. Why don’t we have a similar understanding of the root of child abuse?
What the Wind Tells Us
A new online tool, called the Wind Map, shows how our pollution gets spread far and wide.
School Reform: Why Romney and Obama Aren’t Talking About Education
When it comes to school reform, both candidates have a party-base problem
Obama v. Romney: Who Will Win the Economy and How?
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their biweekly face-off about Election 2012
Brilliant: The Science of SmartHealth & Science
Why Floundering Is Good
Trying to figure something out on your own before getting help actually produces better results than having guidance from the beginning
Beyond Pot Brownies: The New Cannabis Cuisine
Sophisticated cooking with weed has, until recently, been a well-kept secret. But oh the pesto risotto!
Did Etan Patz Mark the End of Carefree Parenting?
His disappearance 33 years ago had a profound impact on American life, but the number of cases of child abductions has remained stable, and exceptionally rare
What Makes a Team Worth Saving?
The recent sale of the L.A. Dodgers shows that history can be more important to a team’s legacy than performance.
Making Fun of Kim Jong Un Is Distracting Us from Human-Rights Abuses
“Labor” camps imprisoning up to 200,000 innocent North Koreans are routinely ignored by American diplomats—and the general public
Are We Sliding Backward on Teaching Evolution?
Antievolution legislature is gaining steam now that Tennessee’s new “monkey bill” has taken effect