Here’s an idea for politicians seeking to turn themselves into statesmen: let’s legalize discrimination against Mississippians. Turnabout is fair play, right? Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, is it not? Standing against... Read More

Some people thought the headline was funny. Most people thought it was sad: “Religious Sister Charged with Shoplifting Coffee, Soap.” The nun, Sr. Agnes Pennino, lives at the Saints Cyril and Methodius Convent in Danville, Pennsylvania.... Read More

This column appeared in the "Up Front" section of the May/June 2016 Humanist magazine. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” This definition, often attributed to Albert... Read More

Something I’ve suspected for a while seems to be coming clear in this year’s presidential primaries. To put it bluntly: religion doesn’t matter. Maybe it used to. I’m not ready to debate whether it mattered... 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 us who oppose special legal privileges for the God industry, the... Read More

Last week we looked at the Catholic Church’s claim that all the evils of the cover-up of child sex abuse so rivetingly portrayed in the Oscar-winning film Spotlight are behind it now—a claim belied by... Read More

Spotlight added the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture on Sunday night to its impressive collection of hardware from the Screen Actors Guild, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and a number of other critics’ circles.... Read More