James Cleith Phillips (Berkeley): Why are There So Few Conservatives and Libertarians in Legal Academia? An Empirical Exploration of Three Hypotheses. More than equality: Hilary Wainwright on reasons to be a feminist socialist. Steven Weinberg, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, won’t allow guns in class, despite a new state law that will allow concealed weapons across campus. Heidi Beirich on why the government must prosecute the Oregon protestors: There must be a price for reckless and unlawful behavior. Robinson Meyer on the difficulty of talking about doomsday: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists wants you to think about it every year, but is their methodology still relevant? Megyn Kelly is not a hero — she’s a fearmonger like Donald Trump (and more: "They saw Muslims", isn't that enough to call cops?).
