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Trump’s Religious Push to Control Women’s Bodies and Why We Must Resist Christopher Hitchens was quite fond of pulling the curtain off Mother Teresa’s persona and her Sisters of Charity organization. He showed that Teresa didn’t... Read More
Ring a Bell? Charles Murray and the Resurgence of Scientific Racism
In his latest podcast episode titled “Forbidden Knowledge,” atheist author Sam Harris guides political scientist Charles Murray through an extensive defence of Murray’s widely debunked body of work, focusing mostly on The Bell Curve. Co-authored with... Read More
Another Few Reasons Why We’re Smiling: Dose of Dopamine Round 6
Ignore the images of smiling white men in suits making decisions about women’s health and government officials literally hiding in bushes to avoid explaining their questionable actions. Shrug off that Tuesday morning matutolypea (I just learned... Read More
Dear White Progressives…
I’ll get straight to the point since I know we’re all busy. It’s time we had a “Come to Jesus moment.” Again. I say again because what I’m about to discuss has been hashed and rehashed... Read More
Better Leadership through Diversity: A Case Study of the March for Science
Promoted as a “celebration of science,” the March for Science was held on Earth Day, April 22, 2017, in over 600 cities around the world. Despite its noble aims, the march quickly ran into problems. Beginning... Read More
Trump Signs Executive Order on Religious Liberty—National Day of Reason More Relevant Than Ever
Today is the National Day of Reason, observed in parallel with the National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday in May each year. The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance during which the... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Rethinking Federalism
I don’t look at the Conservative Review very often. Most of its articles are just annoying. Every now and then, though, they hit on something interesting (think Jefferson’s “diamonds in a dunghill”). In America’s House Is... Read More
Thoughts on Prayers: Jimmy Kimmel Says They Even Had Atheists Praying for His Son
[updated 5/5/17] Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional plea Monday night for affordable healthcare for Americans with pre-existing conditions, made as he recounted the scare he and his family endured the week before when... Read More
Book Excerpt: Civility, Democratic Education, and Public Reason
Reprinted with permission from Have a Little Faith: Religion, Democracy and the American Public School by Benjamin Justice and Colin Macleod, published by the University of Chicago Press. © 2016 by The University of Chicago. All... Read More
TV Review: Reza Aslan’s Believer
The tone of Reza Aslan’s new television series Believer is a curious mixture of snobbishness and inclusivity. In it, the author and religious scholar immerses himself in some of the more markedly idiosyncratic religious faiths of the world... Read More