Belief in a Shared Future An interview with Abdul El-Sayed, Muslim-American candidate for Governor of Michigan
This interview has been edited for clarity and readability. In February Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim-American, announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for... Read More
Reason in Bronze Clarence Darrow to reunite with William Jennings Bryan at Dayton courthouse
“Can't you understand? That if you take a law like evolution and you make it a crime to teach it in the public schools,... Read More
Terror’s Afterlife Do suicide bombers think their victims are headed to paradise as well?
“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the... Read More
Choosing Your Fight Political correctness and free speech on campus
The hysteria about “political correctness,” particularly concerning college campuses, has spread of late. In February a speech at the University of California Berkeley by... Read More
What’s behind the New Attack on Birth Control?
IN 1961 an activist named Estelle Griswold joined forces with Dr. C. Lee Buxton of Yale School of Medicine to do something radical: open... Read More
On Demonstrations and Virtue Signaling
QUESTION ONE: Are demonstrations and protest marches worth it? Or are they just feel-good activism, reinforcing people’s beliefs and making them feel like they’re... Read More
Sex: Our Wonderful Gift
I GREW UP in a time before there was any sex education and when people only spoke of sex in hushed terms around children.... Read More
Why Write about History?
“There was an old and solitary man who spent most of his time in bed. There were rumors that he had a treasure... Read More
Sexual Relativity and Gender Revolution
CHARLES DARWIN'S EVOLUTION, Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis, and Albert Einstein’s relativity have all become fundamental concepts in modern science, but if you ask the person... Read More
Made in China
I wonder how many millions of small white worm cocoons were unraveled to make his tie. I imagine vast fields of them, confined and... Read More