“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

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

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

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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

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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

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

When I was a baby my parents had me baptized by a Catholic priest. In my teens I decided to get baptized again, but... Read More

Both the delicacy and the resilience of life on earth are amazing. Just think—we know of at least five mass global extinction events: the... Read More