Merrill Miller
Posts by Merrill Miller (page 2)
A Potential Who’s Who in the Trump Administration
As the world watches with uncertainty regarding what a Donald Trump presidency will bring, the media has been buzzing about appointments to Trump’s transition... Read More
“This Is a Movement, Not a Moment!”: In It for the Long Haul in Protesting Trump
Last night, I marched with hundreds of other people in Washington, DC, from the Trump International Hotel to the White House. The people there... Read More
The Aliens of the Gaps
Humanists are already familiar with the “God of the gaps” theory, which refers to poorly made arguments assuming that if a phenomenon doesn’t have... Read More
The Southern Poverty Law Center Isn’t Perfect—and Humanists Can Do More than Just Criticize It
Many humanists feel that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) failed to make a critical distinction between criticism and hate speech last week when... Read More
If You Don’t Believe in God, Do You Believe in Rock’n’Roll?
Though atheism is sometimes criticized for not having musical traditions as the world’s religions do (an erroneous assumption that we have debunked), rock music... Read More
Book Review: The Making of Working-Class Religion by Matthew Pehl
When 5 percent of the US population owns 63 percent of the country’s wealth and the bottom 40 percent of the population has none,... Read More
Doctor Biases Lead to Irrational Healthcare. Is Single-Payer the Rational Choice?
Doctors do not check their biases at the door when they walk into the exam room. According to Yale University researchers, on certain issues... Read More