One-and-a-half cheers for depopulation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Although we can’t predict the future in detail, there are large-scale…
Q and Yahweh: Unworthy gods
Reading Time: 5 minutes Star Trek’s omnipotent prankster Q shows the folly of worshipping beings who possess superior power, but not…
The nonreligious are overwhelmingly pro-choice
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nonreligious Americans, and especially atheists, remain far and away the strongest supporters of abortion rights.
Your rights are up for grabs, and they always were
Reading Time: 5 minutes We can’t take our rights for granted. When liberals grow complacent or withhold their vote out of…
If we don’t own ourselves, we own nothing
Reading Time: 5 minutes Bodily autonomy is the most fundamental human right. The more diligently we protect it, the freer and…
No, Jesus wasn’t a progressive
Reading Time: 5 minutes Encouraging individuals to do good deeds isn’t the same as calling for reform of oppressive power structures.
For which it stands
Reading Time: 8 minutes My son, now 5 years old, was chosen to lead his school in reciting the Pledge of…
Is social media the cigarette of the 21st century?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Like tobacco companies that made their products addictive on purpose, the drive for ever more “engagement” on…
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Reading Time: 4 minutes The true story of the librarians who risked their lives to rescue a priceless cultural heritage from…
On Earth Day, reasons for climate optimism
Reading Time: 4 minutes The world is really and truly flattening the curve of climate change. Although we can’t stop global…
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