The Future of Sex How technology, morality, and politics are reshaping human sexuality
STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS: a Texas man is suing for the right to marry his Apple computer. Actually, stop me anyway. Chris... Read More
Tough Fluidity Complex considerations for trans youth
Snips and snails And puppy-dogs’ tails That’s what little boys are made of. Sugar and spice And all that’s nice That’s what little girls... Read More
Everything You Know about Sex Is Wrong Part 1: The Gender Binary
This article has been adapted from the talk I gave on June 10, 2017, at the 76th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association... Read More
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