The manifesto of Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine black Bible study participants at a Charleston church on June 17, starts like this: “I was not raised in a racist home or environment.”... Read More

In the midst of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, a decision that squeaked by on a 5-4 vote, the main message from the dissenters was that the majority opinion is undemocratic. All four dissenting... Read More

Though the technology remains years, decades, or centuries away—depending on who you ask—debates about the implementation and ethics of genetic engineering and the editing of the human germline have been ongoing for years. The discussion... Read More

Where would we be without Wikipedia? While the online encyclopedia’s accuracy has sometimes been called into question, its mission of providing free and comprehensive information to anyone with an Internet connection is a noble goal.... Read More

LAST YEAR I took my six-year-old daughter to a demonstration and die-in in Hollywood. Across the globe, protestors from every walk of life had converged to express their outrage over the double whammy non-indictments of... Read More

One day I’ll wake up and the liberal love fest with Pope Francis will be over—but until that day comes, I want to make something clear: Pope Francis is not a good person. He might... Read More

Instead of fighting the old battle of atheism versus religion, the second wave will fight a battle against religious intolerance of atheism. When I was in college, majoring in biology, my advisor gave me a... Read More