Never has there been more to write about. Never have I felt less like writing. The months since I last…
Category Secularism
Yesterday marked the 75th anniversary of an exclusive little wedding ceremony in a tiny but prestigious venue under the Reich…
Charles Milles Manson, predator, dark messiah, and unlikely internet folk hero, has died at the age of 83, nearly half…
Blasphemy Day is nearly over, and I barely have the heart for a good bit of sacrilege. In fact, I’ve…
Not another dadgummed shirt kerfuffle. A couple years ago, it was scientist Matt Taylor’s allegedly misogynistic pictorial fashion choice. This…
Okay, I’ve seen the light. These protest tantrums that regularly go viral on youtube—your Trigglypuffs and Trigglyprofs, the shrieking coeds…
A few years ago, I got dragged in at very short notice to take over teaching a certain anthropology course,…
Out of the horror of the Orlando massacre has come a great outpouring of speculation, interpretation, controversy, and blame. Was…
So it’s recess, and there’s a game going on. A bunch of grinning players on one team are deliberately blocking…
Why “Believe the Victims” is a Really Bad Idea. Part Three: “Believe the Victims” can be wrong: false memory We…