Shortly after my twentieth birthday I experienced the most intense unhappiness of my life.  While the experience was tremendously painful, something wonderful resulted from it. After confronting myself with questions such as: “Should I continue... Read More

Today is See You at the Pole Day (SYATP), an event that has been happening nationwide for decades. Across the country, school prayer clubs will organize in front of their schools to take part in,... Read More

I don’t know many people who consider divorce fun or enjoyable. It is often a painful and tolling experience, in addition to the longer-term implications on the health and happiness of those involved. Children make... Read More

Humanists are good at handling abstract philosophical questions, such as responding to the “god of the gaps” argument (that wherever there’s a gap in scientific knowledge, this is where God can become the answer). But... Read More

As a lifelong political nerd, most of my personal heroes have been politicians and political theorists. And while many of these figures have retained a place in my heart, one of them has shocked me... Read More

Evolution is cool, huh? Animals adapt to new environments. Humans evolve to the point where we can conceive of, produce, and consume barbecue-flavored potato chips. Amazing. What’s much less cool is when evolution leads to... Read More

Although US and Iranian diplomatic strategy compartmentalized the Iran nuclear negotiations in order to reduce the risk of failure on this priority issue, these governments’ regional disputes were inevitably going to return to the fore... Read More