The Magic Three-Letter Word
One day when I was in elementary school, I asked my teacher if he believed in God. For weeks, he had been telling us all these nice stories about Yahweh…
Would You Agree to Sex with a Total Stranger?
Choosing to have sex with a total stranger is not something everyone would do. It probably takes a certain type of person. Quite a bit of evidence suggests, at least…
Australia’s Census Result Heralds a Secular Shift
The surge in “No religion” in the 2016 Census heralds a more secular Australia. With a rise from 22.3% in 2011 to 30.1% in 2016, “No Religion” has overtaken Catholicism to…
War is Not a Cultural Construct — Dispelling the Myth of the Noble Savage, (Again)
Like last year, the holy month of Ramadan saw carnage erupt in many parts of the world. While the actual violence rages on, the debate over why this continues to…
A Feminist Reviews ‘The Red Pill’
I’ve just watched Cassie Jaye’s documentary The Red Pill and I think you should, too. A superb interviewer who knows how to draw out her subjects’ deepest beliefs, Jaye takes…
No, Tucker Carlson — You’re Wrong
You see it very often now. Some imbecilic professor or student says or writes something beyond the bounds of sanity and the conservative media machine jumps into action. Campus Reform, The…
Reflecting on a World Where Robots Control Your Thoughts on Social Media
We have found ourselves living in a befuddling time. We are told it is an age of human progress and peace. Yet also a time of Trump, suicide bombings, Russian…
Why Bruce Lee’s Legacy Should Inspire Us to Revolutionize — and Modernize — American Political Discourse
I am in a particularly creative mood, so I’ll write a bit about something I discussed in a recent public debate in NYC on Political Correctness: Martial arts has greatly…
Why Islamists Target Music Venues
Music is perhaps the most potent medium in all the arts, eliciting profound emotional experiences through its surging melodies and pulsating rhythms. The sheer ubiquity and variety of music found…
Are Open Borders Desirable and Viable?
“Open borders” means that people may enter and leave at will with no control or obstruction. Open borders as a policy option for international borders is presently advocated by many…
What One Senate Hearing Taught Me About Discussing Islam in America
“Mrs. Hirsi Ali, do you still think Islam is a death cult?” shouted a man wearing what looked like a prayer cap. I am not an American citizen, but I…
There’s No Justification for Finsbury Park Terrorism
When I first launched my Taking The Myth podcast as a companion piece to the regular interviews, the idea was to bring listeners a regular dose of skeptical discussion without…
Your Identity is Not an Argument
Speaking as a Secular Humanist, I Don’t Really Care Who You’re Speaking As Starting a sentence with this new qualification to an opinion, during everything from a formal debate to…
Racism Does Not Equal Prejudice + Power
You may have encountered people in universities or on social media endeavoring to redefine the meaning of the word “racism” to include terms such as “power” or “institutional power” as…
Slouching Toward Palitana: The Case for Ending Animal Slaughter
In 2014, roughly 200 Jain monks engaged in a hunger strike. Their goal: to have the holy city of Palitana, located in the Indian state of Gujarat, declared a “meat-free…
Denial and Consequences: The True Fallout from the Manchester Attack
While each one of the three terrorist attacks to have taken place over the last three months in the UK is a profound call of concern, the case of the…
WMD: Words of Mass Destruction
An intense dialogue is taking place. A 140-character limit, FB post, meme riddled mess of propaganda in the purest Bernay’s sense. Information overload. YouTubers, rogue professors, selfie-taking, tweeting leaders and…
The Progressive Case for Free Speech
It’s a paradox: The ability to communicate, spread and access information freely across borders and barriers has never been more readily available to people around the globe. Yet the belief…
