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Generalizing about Generations: Our Favorite Pointless Pastime

by Mark Dunbar • 25 August 2017

A few months ago I attended a lunch seminar put on by my local chamber of commerce. The topic was “the multi-generational workforce.” The lecture itself was tedious, as the speaker went through slide after... Read More

There’s Only One Way to Look at Trump’s “Both Sides” Argument

by Sincere Kirabo • 23 August 2017

At his campaign-style rally last night in Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump devoted, according to the Washington Post, “more than sixteen minutes to re-litigating his response to the horror in Charlottesville.” The president reread the statement... Read More

Can Good Be Good if Nobody Knows It?

by Amy Couch • 23 August 2017

Thousands of years ago Socrates asked the question: Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods? Put in more ethical terms,... Read More

Just Sayin’: The ACLU Defends Milo Yiannopoulos

by Mark Dunbar • 21 August 2017

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the DC Metro for banning (and in one case removing) political ads its advertising department deemed noncompliant with its commercial guidelines. The civil rights organization is challenging... Read More

Almost Here! The Great American Solar Eclipse

by T. Scott Thompson • 18 August 2017

People tend to be afraid of the unknown. When faced with mysteries, people throughout history have felt compelled to make up stories to explain them. Whenever unexpected and mysterious things lay completely beyond human control,... Read More

Rural, Religious, and Racist: Molding the Minds of Children in All the Wrong Ways

by Amy Couch • 17 August 2017

Earlier this week, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) went to bat for the children of Mississippi by demanding an investigation into the school-sanctioned prayer walks that are happening in DeSoto County, Mississippi. FFRF wants... Read More

Clarifying Humanism through the Haze of Equivocation

by Meghan Hamilton • 16 August 2017

In the aftermath of another tragedy fueled by bigoted ideology, a faction of so-called “humanists” on social media show their true selves. The usual day-to-day misogynistic, anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ empty arguments have become commonplace on social... Read More

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