Obama on Vice

A Red Line for Syria - Obama Is Trapped by His Own Rhetoric

How perversely ironic it was, last Thursday, when Obama had to pay public homage to his predecessor—a guy whose invasion of Iraq was based on faulty intel about nonexistent weapons of mass destruction—at the same time he was weighing intel about possible chemical weaponry in Syria? Full story

Good News! You Can’t Be Automatically Deported for Sharing Three Joints

Well, here’s bit of good news from the Supreme Court, a group not generally considered friendly to criminal defendants or recreational drug users: you cannot, it turns out, be automatically deported for the kindhearted but nonetheless illegal act of bringing a few joints to a par… Full story

What the Sequester Really Means: The Poor Will Suffer More

The sequester is a set of automatic budget cuts that reduces funding for all discretionary programs at an equal rate. The cuts aren’t meant to eliminate any programs but simply reduce funding across the board. Get ready for some potentially disastrous cuts, especially for the mos… Full story

What Does Obama Know About 3D-Printed Guns?

It might not be this year, but working 3D-printing into the gun control debate will have to happen sooner or later. Full story

Ten Radically Futuristic Ideas in Obama's State of the Union Address

The president got a little sci-fi with some of the ideas he proposed in his big speech last night. SOTUs are notorious for being lofty wishlists, so consider these proposals Obama's wildest political fantasies. Full story

Sorry Guys, Americans Love Obama’s Killer Drones

Most Americans, including Democrats, are totally cool with the US continuing to kill people in foreign countries on the say-so of "informed, high-level" officials alone, so Obama's got no reason to change his drone policies. Full story

Is the Release of Secret Drone Memos an Empty Gesture?

The day has come. Sort of—members of two Senate intelligence committees now have "access" to classified memos undergirding the legal justification for killing US citizens abroad in the war on al Qaeda. But is the big reveal merely lip service? Full story

America's Rules for Drone-Killing Americans Is More Torturous Than America Imagined

Before his CIA pick John Brennan gets grilled in Congress, Obama's own "torture memos" on targeted killings—and a new set of intel on Bush's torture program—shed some harsh light on how America secretly conducts war. Full story

Hey Ron!

Hey Ron! with a Vengeance

Yippie ki-yay, VICE readers! Ron is back. Our office soothsayer has finally returned after a long and ragged journey filled with tribulations, advice giving, and redemption. Full story

The National Helped Elect Obama, but Don't Call Them a Political Band

I read 27 interviews with the National to prepare for my time with them. There were six questions that every interviewer asked. If you want to know why Matt doesn't scream in his songs anymore, if they think they're a literary band, and what it's like to play music for almost a d… Full story