Matthew Bulger
Posts by Matthew Bulger (page 9)
Race and Climate Change in the First Presidential Debate
As a lobbyist, I hate election season. Campaigns show the worst side of politics: the fake folksiness, the reluctant baby-kissing, and the overstated promises... Read More
DC City Council Considers Death with Dignity Legislation
This week I attended a series of meetings with DC city council members as part of a bipartisan and interfaith effort to promote the... Read More
Forgetting Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly, political activist and founder of the conservative Eagle Forum organization, passed away last week in Missouri at the age of ninety-two. She... Read More
Religious Freedom Under Threat
This week, I attended a meeting at the US State Department with a coalition of religious and nontheistic advocacy groups that are concerned about... Read More
What Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Tells Us about Being Human
The topic of video games often sparks lively conversations amongst gaming and nongaming humanists and can even draw lines between humanists and their transhumanist... Read More
Democratic Convention Ignores Nontheists after DNC Hack
Late last week, a treasure trove of insider emails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was released to the public by WikiLeaks. In addition... Read More
Tough to Trump: RNC Convention Astounds and Angers Many
To many Americans, politics and conventions are boring. After all, who wants to sit through hours of the same platitude-heavy aspirational speeches we’ve heard... Read More