Faith in Freedom: Why Secular Democracy Protects the Sacred and the Human
Across history, every society has faced the same temptation — to surrender the complexity of freedom for the simplicity of certainty. Today, that temptation... Read More
The Comics Section: New TSA Requirements
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. All new TSA checkpoint by Jeff Koterba, patreon.com/jeffreykoterba
On “Coming Out”
Coming out is overrated. The concept. The expectation. It reeks of compulsory heteronormativity and I don’t like it one bit. For the uninitiated, compulsory... Read More
The Comics Section: Creative Recruitment
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. Air traffic control staffing by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com
The Banned Books Our Staff Love and Recommend
It’s Banned Books Week, that mischievous time of year when we celebrate the written works that have dared to offend, enlighten or simply ask... Read More
The Age of Manufactured Awe: Can Wonder Survive in a Synthetic World?
When I first started writing, I thought the job was to sound certain. I thought that if I arranged my sentences neatly enough, if... Read More
Our A.I. Alignment Imperative: Creating a Future Worth Sharing
This article was written with the support of advanced AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini. It was first published in September... Read More
The Comics Section: Goodall’s Impact
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. Jane Goodall RIP by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
Living Without Emotional Skin: What It Means to Have Borderline Personality Disorder At 19, I decided to break the silence around my diagnosis. This is my story.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition that shapes how people feel, respond to others and build relationships. It isn’t a one-off occurrence... Read More
The New Eugenics: Biohacking, Fertility Startups, and the Future of Choice From Empowerment to Exclusion
When most people hear the word eugenics, they think of dusty history textbooks and black-and-white photographs: forced sterilizations in the early 20th century, pseudoscientific... Read More