The Obama National Security Team: Old Wine in Old Bottles
It’s ironic that, in unveiling his new national security team, then President-elect Obama would state: “The time has come for a new beginning, a... Read More
Who Killed Neil Beagley?
Neil Beagley died last June in Oregon. He had a urinary tract blockage that could have been corrected by a fairly simple catheterization. It... Read More
The Humanitarian Impulse: Not “God’s Work” for this Veteran
“It’s hard for Americans to be humble,” Mike Boehm reflects, while talking with me on the phone about his humanitarian work. Boehm is being... Read More
Who’s Your Guide? The burden of proof falls hard on nonreligious conscientious objectors
On September 2, 2006, Agustin Aguayo--an army specialist who had gone AWOL the day before while his unit was gearing up for deployment to... Read More
Against Optimism
It’s a lonely fight, no more so than when the broken rhododendron--an ancient spidery thing just off the back porch-- flares for two fiery... Read More
Cry If You Want To—Cases of Mistaken Atheism Still Offensive
If someone threw a party in your honor, would you go? Now, before you say yes and then ask where, when, and if you... Read More
Why Genocide?
Over the past fifteen years United Nations tribunals have addressed genocide issues associated with conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur. The most recent development... Read More
Inexorably toward Trial: Reflections on the Dover Case and the “Least Dangerous Branch”
Judge John E. Jones III of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is one of the foremost defenders of evolution... Read More
The Evolution of the Mind and What It Means to Humanism
Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species appeared in 1859 and revolutionized how the science and religion enterprises viewed human nature. Scientists proceeded to... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND
The new year brings special cause for celebration, as 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the... Read More