Changing Times in America’s Execution Capital
A father’s successful struggle to spare the son who killed the rest of the family highlights how Texas, historically America’s top executioner, is moving... Read More
Good or Bad to the Bone? How Human Genetics Affect Empathy
Meet Sally and Ann. Sally has a basket. Ann has a box. Sally puts a marble inside her basket and goes outside to play... Read More
What Consent Means and How to Teach It
The #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have highlighted how too many men have harassed or assaulted women—and men—through-out the decades and across many professions.... Read More
The Fallacy of the Armed Populace as Deterrent
Disarming a population is part of the process of tyranny, but it’s not the most critical part. Silencing free speech, preventing assembly, circumventing due... Read More
after the dream act is revoked
it’s time to get my hair cut again & the dream act just got rolled back what can i do get in the... Read More
Are We Headed for One Christian Nation under Trump?
Much has been written about the religious right’s support for President Donald Trump, a serial philanderer, habitual liar, and admitted sexual assaulter of women.... Read More
Skepticism—and What It Means to Believe Accusers
Content note: sexual harassment and assault; denial, trivialization, and victim-blaming of same. Believe accusers of sexual harassment and assault, unless you have compelling reason... Read More
Concerning Bullies
No one wants to admit that they were bullied. It’s bad enough to be privately humiliated by the aggressions of someone else. To then... Read More
Escaping the God-Zombies
The acquisition of one’s faculties by the creationists begins the moment you arrive at jail or prison, and continues ad infinitum. One soon experiences... Read More
It’s Our Turn
This magazine has recently discussed two of the most important books of this century so far: Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason,... Read More
