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Justin Monticello

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Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Past articles by Justin:

COVID-19 Exposed the Truth About the CDC

The agency will never be controlled by fact-driven experts shielded from politics. → Read More

Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? No.

Out of 27,900 research publications on gun laws, only 123 tested their effects rigorously. → Read More

Kamala Harris: Drug Warrior, Vice Cop, Draconian Prosecutor

Biden picked a V.P. candidate whose record on police and criminal justice reform is as terrible as his own. → Read More

Impossible Foods: Capitalism Is the Most Powerful Lever To Fight Climate Change

Impossible Foods says that animal agriculture is a leading cause of climate change. Instead of trying to pass laws to ban meat, it's providing tasty, plant-based alternatives. → Read More

Joshua Browder Is Building You a Robot Lawyer

The Stanford-trained wunderkind would like to see robot lawyers replace humans, doing all manner of legal work for (virtually) free. → Read More

Why You Don't Need To Vote

Perhaps there are more meaningful ways to spend your time. → Read More

Owen Wilson Got Fat! And More Fake News That Shouldn’t Be Regulated: New at

We headed to the Venice Beach boardwalk to test the bullshit detectors of passersby. → Read More

'Warlords Will Take Over' and Other Lines Libertarians Are Tired of Hearing: New at

We asked the attendees at PorcFest 2018. → Read More

Do Coffee Drinkers Need Cancer Warnings?

We asked Californians what they think. → Read More

Should We Build the Wall? We Asked Trump Supporters.

The wall might turn out "big" and "beautiful." But how much will it cost, and what will it do? → Read More

Balaji Srinivasan: Technology Will Lead to a Borderless World

The Silicon Valley entrepreneur says cryptocurrencies, virtual reality, and mobile devices are helping individuals escape failed institutions. → Read More

Is It OK To Punch a Nazi? We Asked Berkeley Students

A year after fiery political protests erupted on campus, we visited to find out when students think it's OK to respond to words with violence. → Read More

Matt Taibbi on Misogyny, the Left vs. Free Speech, and the Killing of Eric Garner

"I'm just sort of accidental collateral damage to a larger thing that's going on." → Read More

What Is Hate Speech? We Asked College Students

Should the U.S. join other countries in regulating certain speech? Can people even agree on what 'hate speech' is? → Read More

How Open-Access Journals Are Transforming Science

Academic publishers are "still acting as if the internet doesn’t exist,” says Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science. → Read More

Egyptian Dissident Cynthia Farahat: The Middle East Is Hungry for Free Markets and Free Speech

She started the first secular, pro-market party in Egypt. Then the government sent the secret police after her. → Read More

DIY Biohackers Are Editing Genes in Garages and Kitchens

With the latest breakthroughs in the life sciences, who needs a lab or degree? → Read More

Vanessa Grigoriadis on the 'Blurred Lines' of Consensual Sex and Assault on Campus

Is rape culture out of control, or have we entered a new era of "sexual McCarthyism?" → Read More

The Politician Behind California High Speed Rail Now Says It's 'Almost a Crime'

Quentin Kopp convinced voters to approve the bullet train. Now he's suing to kill it. → Read More

Bassem Youssef Was 'Egypt's Jon Stewart.' Then He Was Forced To Flee.

How the Arab world's top satirist was censored, persecuted, and driven out. → Read More