Securing the Wall: Church-State Separation and Youth Activism in America
I WAS TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD when I began working for Americans United for Separation of Church and State in 1987. No one back then... Read More
Ageism Is Wasted on the Young and Old
Ageism is a funny form of marginalization. Not funny “ha ha”; funny peculiar. It’s the only form of marginalization I can think of that... Read More
Catch-22nd Symphony: The Paradox of the Timeless Doorway
AFTER I FINALLY WRAPPED my six-year-old head around the use of the double “that” in a sentence and agonizingly extrapolated the definition of “fib”... Read More
You Can’t Make Change If You Don’t Show Up
By now, virtually everyone is familiar with the term “Black Lives Matter,” whether they understand or agree with its purpose or not. The Black... Read More
Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy
BOOK BY STEPHEN S. COHEN AND J. BRADFORD DELONG HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PRESS, 2016 240 PP.; $28.00 Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment
BOOK BY DALE DEBAKCSY HUMANIST PRESS, 2016 122 PP.; $24.99 The conceit from which The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment... Read More
Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right—and How We Can, Too
BOOK BY GEORGE LAKEY MELVILLE HOUSE, 2016 304 PP.; $26.99 Today, a birth lottery winner (or a chooser behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance)... Read More
Last Leper in the Colony: An Atheist Runs for Congress in the Bible Belt
BOOK BY WYNNE LEGROW 380 PP.; $19.95 A white doctor in the rural South is presumed to be a Republican and a Christian. Wynne... Read More
I Am a Francophile and I Am Disappointed
I adore France and all things French. My father grew up in France, I’m one-quarter French, and my siblings and I are close to... Read More
Is Populism a Threat to Science?
American scientists have reason for optimism. A large majority of Americans agree that science has made the world a better place and that federal... Read More
