Last fall I wrote a piece about “Religion and the Torture of Animals,” describing, among other things, the unsuccessful efforts of animal welfare advocates... Read More

When the first articles began surfacing about last month’s federal court decision in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Harris Funeral Homes, they had... Read More

The picture released (warning, graphic) last month by the Indiana prosecutor’s office of the seven-year-old boy’s back is horrifying. There are thirty-six angry welts... Read More

“Hey, doc, I’ve got this big tumor. Could you remove half of it for me?” “Ok, squad, we’re down by a touchdown with a... Read More

For those of us past a certain age, the phrase “almost heaven” conjures up West Virginia, per the John Denver song. For those of... Read More

I took my nephew to the zoo once when he was three years old. We had a fine time. As we were leaving, he... Read More

The Alice in Wonderland world of religious legal exemptions took an even stranger turn last month. Two strange turns, in fact, in one case.... Read More

Last Thursday I attended a packed congressional briefing at the US Capitol that attempted to explain what exactly the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)... Read More

Sir Walter Scott warned that “O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!” He was right about that, but... Read More

A person’s home is a piece of their identity. While being aware that Indiana has a right-wing Christian majority, both theists and nontheists have... Read More