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Should freethought return to its deist roots?
The first American secularists were deists. Would the freethought movement benefit from emulating their example?
Fighting hustle culture: When rest feels like failure
Do new technologies save labor, or merely increase the unsustainable pressure to be productive all the time?
When will humans marry robots?
How long will it be until we form emotional and even marital bonds with synthetic beings?
Mamdani's socialist army topples the establishment
Democratic socialists are dragging the party kicking and screaming to the left.
No religious revival, quiet or otherwise
Claims about a surge in young converts are wishful thinking based on no evidence.
Godless time: Time for a secular calendar
Time is measured by scientific standards, so why do we still use a calendar based on religion?
Secularism's third way
Does Eastern philosophy hold the answer to finding meaning in a godless world?
The colossal stupidity of war with Iran
An unwinnable war without a goal and with consequences for the world.
The era of Mamdani
This isn't how politics normally goes in America.
Negativland and me: Why we fall for hoaxes
Public gullibility was a problem in the 1980s when I was caught up in a famous media hoax. It’s worse today.
When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep
The perspective is out there.
The future of murder
A 'guided missile for the poor' is changing the face of targeted killing.