The defendant, Ashley Morgan, stood in front of Judge Robyn Ripple this past summer, having been given the opportunity to speak in his own defense after being charged with five misdemeanors for rushing past police... Read More

Today marks what would have been the great and prolific science-fiction writer Dr. Isaac Asimov’s 100th birthday. Or at least his birthday party. Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, sometime between October 4, 1919, and... Read More

We all want to change the world, as the Beatles song goes. Incidentally, “Revolution” might be my favorite Beatles song, and my favorite lines might be: You say you'll change the Constitution/Well, you know, we... Read More

How did you learn about sex? Were you taught that it’s a natural part of life or that it’s a sin? Did you receive medically accurate information that prepared you to make safe and responsible... Read More

Since 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected, there have been ten presidential elections. According to exit poll data in each of those elections, the majority of nones­—people with no religious affiliation—have voted for the... Read More

Not the Daughter They Think I Am: I’ve been looking for the perfect place to voice my concern and think your column may be best. I am an open atheist and humanist chaplain who recently... Read More

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind Is all this sad world needs. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox (American author and poet) There... Read More