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November 2017

November 08, 2017

Finding Commonalities Between Nonbelievers and the Devout

Guest contributor Kate Harveston explores some surprising commonalities between atheists and Christians.

October 2017

October 30, 2017

The Evolution of Free Speech: From Protecting Minorities to Oppressing Them

Free speech has evolved, and the right wing knows it. After being de-platformed by Berkeley...

October 24, 2017

The Decline of Science Writing

What has happened to science writing? Not long ago it was the domain of intellectual...

October 21, 2017

Non-Religious and Religious Engagement: Common Ground & Where it Can Lead

This is a talk I delivered to the Yale Humanist Community of New Haven, Connecticut...

October 19, 2017

When Secularism Becomes Discrimination: Quebec Prohibits People With Face Coverings From Receiving Public Services

The National Assembly of the Canadian province of Quebec passed a law Wednesday that prohibits...

October 18, 2017

Scientific Progress, GMOs, and Racism: The Ugandan Food Crisis Seen Through Western Eyes

The matter of GMOs in Africa expose the alliance between science and big business; discussions...

October 16, 2017

The Scientific Mindset and the Exclusion of Meaning

The scientific view of the universe isn't wrong, but it's not complete. What's missing is...

October 12, 2017

Tyson’s Blunder: All Caps SCIENCE and Critical Thinking

My least favorite science-fan meme douched up science march season earlier this year. "The good...

October 10, 2017

Defending Free Speech with Neurobabble

If you can't fight speech codes with logic and reason, hit 'em with science-words! In...

October 05, 2017

The Google Memo and Bro Science

It's time we acknowledge that science is still being used to denigrate women. Bro Science...

October 02, 2017

Post-Atheism: There’s No God, Let’s Move On

We're now in the age of post-atheism, and not a moment too soon. The Utopia...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

That’s Not Critical Thinking: Dillahunty’s Folly

"I want to believe as many true things and as few false things as possible,"...

September 27, 2017

Science Deserves Our Skepticism, Not Our Cheerleading

Science is too important to our culture for us to idealize it, and it warrants...

September 26, 2017

Scientism: It’s a Thing!

It's ironic that the people who are loudest in denying that scientism exists are the...

August 2017

August 07, 2017

The International Secular

by Marc Schaus For anyone currently following the secular movements happening all over North America...

July 2017

July 19, 2017

See Me

Inside Out, The People's Art Project: A Global Art Project Transforming Messages of Personal Identity...

March 2017

March 10, 2017

There Is No Normal

Just as you lose yourself in astonishment, the anesthetic of familiarity will drag you back...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

Toward a Post-Lies Future

Caption: Trumpocchio Head of Donald Trump___________________________________________________________________ DONALD TRUMP is our first post-truth president. And he...

February 23, 2017

Trump Rescinds Trans Youth Rights: Helped by Christians and Atheists

Yesterday, the Trump Administration reversed former President Obama’s federal extension of Title IX protections to...

February 18, 2017

Collaborative Truth-Seeking

Caption: Arguing people (Kick-ads, used with permission) Written by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Intentional Insights Co-Founder...

February 16, 2017

Not What Things Seem to Be

My father has Alzheimer’s Disease for probably more than five years now. We are...

February 13, 2017

Preserving Our Democracy on Valentine’s Day

Caption: Photograph of author and wife on Valentine’s Day outing (Image courtesy of Gleb...

February 10, 2017

The Broken Sexual Ethic of Faith and My First Time

I enjoy sex. I enjoy it a lot. I have a very healthy view and...

February 07, 2017

I’m Sorry For My Part In Creating The Monster And I Hope You Forgive Me

A few hours ago I watched with slim hope and then great sadness as I...

February 07, 2017

The Science of Solving Alternative Facts

Caption: Image of CNN with quote from Kellyanne Conway saying “Spice gave alternative facts on...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

Freedom’s Path Series: Tales TRUMP Trust

This has nothing to do with President Trump. I just needed to use the word....

January 23, 2017

What Would Gandhi Do About Trump? High-Time For a Science Of Wisdom

Source: wikimedia commons/ Mahatma Ghandi close up potrait Written by Charles Cassidy MPhys, Director of...

January 21, 2017

A Weird American in Trump’s Post-Truth America

Caption: Truth and lies (Open Clipart-Vectors, Pixabay) ________________________________________________________________ It is an undeniable fact that Donald...

January 16, 2017

Freedom’s Path Series: Fickle Friends, Family, Fiends

I remember walking through the mall with my son about six months ago. I tensed...

January 12, 2017

Freedom’s Path Series: Emotional Hardships of Deconversion

“You doing okay, Pat?” The question was asked by Buzz, one of my regular passengers...

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