In All the White Spaces Adventures in Niche Dating
ONLINE DATING is challenging, to say the least. I don’t know any online dater who hasn’t experienced at least a couple of awkward encounters, mixed signals, or creepy vibes before finding who they’re looking for... Read More
Why Science Is Not in Conflict with Religion
SCIENCE AND RELIGION have had a long, rich history of conflict, most famously with the case of Galileo, who was found guilty of heresy for discovering one of the basic truths of our solar system.... Read More
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992): Fighting the Male Establishment
“There was not that strong necessity for a personal attachment to anybody…I just didn’t feel it. And I could never understand marriage…I never went through the experience of requiring it.” I’m pretty sure everyone has... Read More
When the Human in Humanism Isn’t Enough
Humanism has long been one of the most important progressive forces in the development of world culture. It has always championed reason and argued against irrational fracturing of the human species into camps of “us... Read More
New Atheism, Meet Existential Risk Studies
While the New Atheist movement isn’t, and has never been, a monolithic phenomenon, its primary motivating idea can be reduced to a single statement, namely that religion is not merely wrong, but dangerous. In fact,... Read More
Confronting Whiteness and the Flint Water Crisis
"We need to teach students to read and write, but we also need to study our cities and our neighborhoods, especially when they are experiencing upheaval." —Linda Christenson, “Rethinking Research: Reading and Writing about the... Read More
A Minister’s Lack of Faith Comes Under Fire
SEVEN YEARS after the United Church of Canada minister Gretta Vosper penned With or Without God (Harper Collins, 2008), the UCC chose to examine her suitability for ministry. In 2001 Vosper had begun exploring, with... Read More