Gregg Easterbrook

No missiles should shoot down civilian airliners by mistake.

The league has long taken advantage of public dollars to pay for stadiums, hotel suites, and exorbitant salaries. The sport—and fans—would be better off if that ended.

If life-expectancy trends continue, that future may be near, transforming society in surprising and far-reaching ways.

The Sunday Ticket arrangement assures that only a small share of the American population can enjoy viewer choice on Sunday afternoons. And AT&T wants to own it.

By featuring warrantless agents who thwart domestic terrorists with fantastical technology, shows like NCIS essentially ask Americans to root for Big Brother.

President Obama says it's OK to enjoy events like the Super Bowl because the players are consenting adults. But most of the country's players are kids and teens who don't know better.

Taxpayers fund the stadiums, antitrust law doesn't apply to broadcast deals, the league enjoys nonprofit status, and Commissioner Roger Goodell makes $30 million a year. It's time to stop the public giveaways to America's richest sports league—and to the feudal lords who own its teams.

What we don’t know about the sun may kill us—or erase our iPods.

"Dark energy is incredibly strange, but actually it makes sense to me that it went unnoticed," Riess told our interviewer