This article is part of Carl Coon’s ongoing “A Short History of Evolution” series. Read part 1 and part 2. Darwin, Natural Selection, and... Read More

Hatred and fear of homosexuality has become more aggressive and normalized in many African countries, and for the second time this month, an African... Read More

When the Islamists in Iraq took over the government through the elections in 2005, it was a wakeup call to me and all those... Read More

In line with the apocryphal Chinese curse, we live in interesting times. Mutually assured destruction having allowed us to squeak through the Cold War,... Read More

In 2002 Belgium legalized the right to euthanasia (defined as the act of killing someone painlessly, especially to relieve suffering from an incurable illness)... Read More

A recent article in Slate compares Bobby Jindal, the conservative governor of Louisiana, to Bob Jones III, the fundamentalist and former president of Bob... Read More

This week’s puzzle, titled "The Straight Dope," is a double jumble! Unscramble the words and place into the blanks with numbers beneath. Transfer the... Read More

Your favorites are back! New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!              

This week’s poem is by Cynthia Todd Quam. She received an MFA in poetry from Bennington College.  She is the author of the chapbook... Read More

Until recently, Mark Zmuda was the assistant principal at Seattle’s Eastside Catholic High School. A few months after the citizens of the state of... Read More