Most people believe the Ten Commandments are among the finest guidelines for a virtuous life. Interestingly, hardly anyone can name them all. I wonder how many people have thought through the implications of how our... Read More

Every morning, I open my phone and step into a world of disaster. A war livestreamed on TikTok. A grainy clip of police brutality. A child screaming for help in a city I will never... Read More

For years, political observers have struggled to understand why Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters remain fiercely devoted to him—even when confronted with facts about policy failures, human rights abuses, or economic decisions that hurt working... Read More

It was over thirty years ago, and the writing was on the wall – literally. I was living in Jerusalem, and throughout the city, on various walls in numerous public places, were the graffitied words... Read More

I keep coming back to a question that’s hard to shake: if humanism is rooted in dignity, what happens when “human” is no longer the only category that matters? It’s easy to say, “we’ll cross... Read More

“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” John 8:7 Growing up queer in Northern Utah where LDS (Mormon) culture thrives, I learned what it meant to conform... Read More

This article first appeared on author Noah Kennedy's website here. Stuck at a stoplight recently, I was directed by a tattered bumper sticker to “Subvert the Dominant Paradigm.” I could just make out the back... Read More