The first rule of book club is that you don’t talk about book club. The second rule of book club…
Category Friday Reads
Steven Pinker has written, on occasion, about the power of the novel to raise moral consciousness: Realistic fiction, for its…
In my interview with Sara Mayhew we heard how skeptics and freethinkers can recapture the art of storytelling for the…
Over a year ago now, I came across this post at Chris Hallquist’s blog, and I thought, “Hey, what the…
This week I’ve been reading through a collection of short essays which is basically just what it says on the…
Since the new Pope doesn’t want us having a rough go at his faith or his mother, now seems like…
NOTE: THIS IS AN UPDATED REPOST Last year on Draw Mohammed Day, Staks wrote about why it is important to blaspheme…
This week I read through How to Make a Social Justice Warrior by Will Shetterly, on the advice of a skeptic…
I’ve finally gotten around to reading Peter Boghossian’s newest book, which turns out to be pretty much exactly what it…
The last three reads were some of my all-time favorites, but they aren’t exactly the cheeriest of novels, what with…