What is freedom of religion? It’s not actually the freedom to think or not think religious stuff. Rather, it is the right to display—or to refuse to display—religiosity. If you have freedom of religion, as... Read More

I recently rafted a river that wouldn’t exist if not for a crucial conservation win back in the 1950s. The Yampa is the last major free-flowing river in the seven-state Colorado River Basin. It’s still... Read More

A group of thirty-one Republican US congressmen (yes, all men, as of this writing) have signed on as cosponsors of a bill to declare that human life “begins with fertilization…at which time every human being... Read More

“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye... Read More

The hysteria about “political correctness,” particularly concerning college campuses, has spread of late. In February a speech at the University of California Berkeley by then-Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopolous was canceled after protesters hurled fireworks at... Read More

Take out your mobile phone and give it a good look. Curiosity made that. Curiosity coupled with intense concentration, wild imagination, bold hypotheses, and years of experimental toil to validate them. The slim device in... Read More

“The same exercise (i.e. the study of philosophy) at once teaches to live well and to die well.” – Epicurus, Epistle to Menoeceus The Seventh Annual Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy recently took place in Athens, Greece. This... Read More