On Perverts and Terrorists: The Semantics of ISIS
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But is ISIS, ISIL, IS, SIC, or Da’ish as Islamic? At the February 18 White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, President Barack Obama cut... Read More
Out of this World Relationship Dilemma—Would He Leave Me for Mars?
When the list of finalists for the Mars One mission was released on February 16, I was relieved to see that my boyfriend wasn’t on it. From an initial pool of 202,586 applicants, Mars One,... Read More
Atheism’s Best Salesman Baba Brinkman's "The Rap Guide to Religion"
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, and others take note: Baba Brinkman sells atheism with a smile and elicits more than a few belly laughs in his brilliant new one-man show, The Rap Guide to... Read More
Murder and Militant Atheism
As atheists, humanists, agnostics, and freethinkers, we have the distinct luxury of lacking an extremist base. As a community (albeit a fractured one) without an established dogma, there is nothing that commands nontheists to commit... Read More
Endless Forms Most Beautiful: Darwinian Evolution Everywhere
Charles Darwin, in the last paragraph of the introductory chapter to his magnum opus On the Origin of Species, wrote: No one ought to feel surprise at much remaining as yet unexplained in regard to... Read More
Is It Still Political Suicide to Run For Office as an Atheist?
The perception in America today is that the political atmosphere is so hostile towards the secular and non-religious community that simply coming out as an atheist while in office, or while running for office, would... Read More
The Reception of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species Historical British Periodical Perspectives (Part One)
The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species in 1859 might aptly be described as a “revolution of evolution,” as it was an integral part of a larger debate. The scientific and religious... Read More