Isaac Asimov’s Century
Today marks what would have been the great and prolific science-fiction writer Dr. Isaac Asimov’s 100th birthday. Or at least his birthday party. Asimov... Read More
You Say You Have a Resolution…
We all want to change the world, as the Beatles song goes. Incidentally, “Revolution” might be my favorite Beatles song, and my favorite lines... Read More
Populists and Progressives A Brief History of the Democratic Party
“Do you believe in a citizen’s right to gun ownership?” “I do.” “Do you believe that the life of an unborn child should be... Read More
Why I’m Not a Socialist A Humanist’s Search for a Political Ideology
A FEW YEARS AGO, I found myself digging into the history of the humanist movement. Humanists were edging away from the confrontational celebrities of... Read More
Dreams of Dictatorship and the Nightmare of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
THE 2018 ELECTION of Far-Right politician Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency shook the Federative Republic of Brazil and rippled across the globe in a... Read More
John Muir’s Radical Religion of Beauty
“The mountains are fountains of humanity as well as of rivers, of glaciers, of fertile soil. The great poets, philosophers, prophets, able people whose... Read More
If Voting Is So Important, Why Aren’t Fair, Open, Verifiable Elections Important?
It’s impossible in US society not to frequently encounter the demand to vote, no matter what, no matter for whom, as a basic civic... Read More
Shame Isn’t an Education
How did you learn about sex? Were you taught that it’s a natural part of life or that it’s a sin? Did you receive... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Five Strangest Things the Religious Right Believes about President Trump
For many years I worried that a biblical inerrancy-believing Christian zealot would secure the Republican Party nomination for president, go on to win the... Read More
NONEDECISION 2020 | Four Decades of the None Vote
Since 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected, there have been ten presidential elections. According to exit poll data in each of those elections,... Read More
