Spare the rod—and spare me the rest
Reading Time: 8 minutes Even as countries from South Korea to Colombia to Pakistan join the international and scientific consensus condemning corporal punishment, several school districts and state legislatures in the US have begun advocating the return (or continuation) of the deeply-discredited practice. It’s time to revisit the overwhelming evidence against corporal punishment—and the roots of its persistent appeal.
Humanist icon Anthony Pinn launches Pinn Drop podcast
Reading Time: < 1 minute The latest project from the mind and heart of Anthony Pinn launches this week at OnlySky. Pinn…
On the deaths of Catherine and Noel, age three
Reading Time: 9 minutes In the middle of a trip to England, in the middle of a Lake District hike, I…
Two red states go opposite ways on abortion—and the midterms pop into focus
Reading Time: 3 minutes On August 5, 2022, Indiana became the first state to approve an abortion ban after the Supreme…
When science goes south
Reading Time: 8 minutes I’m sometimes asked by religious friends why I make such a big deal over evolution in particular.…
Ayatollah Streisand: Your fatwas don’t do what you think they do
Reading Time: 3 minutes After my initial shock and anger over the barbaric assault on Salman Rushdie, an unexpected image came…
The deep playlist of Generation Z
Reading Time: 5 minutes I started teaching college music courses in 1991. I was 28, just five years out of college…
Children of the evolution
Reading Time: 10 minutes OnlySky · Children of the evolution | Dale McGowan When we lived in Minneapolis, our family used…
The curious root of everything
Reading Time: 8 minutes Could I identify a single value at the root of my nonreligious parenting? I was curious.
Raising curious kids
Reading Time: 8 minutes OnlySky · Raising Curious Kids | Dale McGowan There is a sentence that gets said a lot…
