The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
BY COREY ROBIN HENRY HOLT & CO., 2019 320 PP.; $30.00 Clarence Thomas is the most right-wing justice on the Supreme Court, and one of the most right-wing justices in the last hundred or so... Read More
What It Means to Be Moral: Why Religion Is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life
BY PHIL ZUCKERMAN COUNTERPOINT PRESS, 2019 400 PP.; $28.00 In his new book, What it Means to Be Moral: Why Religion is Not Necessary for Living an Ethical Life, Phil Zuckerman, who is a professor... Read More
A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
BY ADAM GOPNIK BASIC BOOKS, 2019 272 PP., $26.00 The late pundit Irving Kristol, whose career began in left-wing politics and ended in neoconservatism, famously declared, “A neoconservative is a liberal who’s been mugged by... Read More
Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
BY KRIS NEWBY HARPER WAVE, 2019 336 PP.; $28.99 Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons by Kris Newby adds significantly to our understanding of Lyme disease, while oddly seeming to avoid... Read More
This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
BY MARTIN HAGGLUND PANTHEON, 2019 464 PP.; $29.95 While a life without belief in a god is often discussed these days, less examined is the corollary to that lack of belief, which is the absence... Read More
Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court
BY SIMON TAM TROUBLEMAKER PRESS, 2019 326 PP.; $26.99 Debates on free speech nowadays tend to revolve around whether one should be free to call their Pakistani neighbor racial slurs without consequence or whether university... Read More
A Humanist’s Guide to Summer Reading
As the temperatures (and humidity!) start climbing, I start reaching for new and engaging reads to enjoy. In chatting with my colleagues around the office, so many mentioned the great books they’ve been reserving for... Read More