I really don’t want to like Father John Misty. The enigmatic folk singer’s beard, skinny jeans, and gravitas punch you in the face with a “hipster Brooklynite” aura. You would expect Misty to gauge the... Read More

The Young Pope, a ten-part HBO drama written and directed by Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, follows the ascension of the young and captivating Lenny Belardo (Pope Pius XIII), the first American pontiff. The newly elected... Read More

Humanists may not share in the religious aspect of most of the winter holidays, but we certainly enjoy many of the delicious foods and snacks associated with them. Below are just some of the American... Read More

When Burning Man, the radical arts festival and temporary city erected in the Nevada desert each year, announced that the theme for 2017’s event was “Radical Ritual”—derived from religious symbologies worldwide—many regular attendees viewed this... Read More

ONE OF THE MOST SAVAGE reviews ever written was published in 1818 in response to a collection of verse by a somewhat unknown poet. The critic, John Wilson Croker, declared, “the author is a copyist... Read More

Westworld condenses the character, theme and plot developments of an entire television series into just its first season. No sooner do we discover that a character has the motivation to commit an act than they commit... Read More

Having recently discovered the music of Queen and delving into the life of its fabulous frontman, Freddie Mercury, I uncovered a critical commonality: he and I were both raised in homes made rigid by religion.... Read More