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October 03, 2019
Course-Correction vs. Revolution: Humanism as a Daily Practice
Let's begin with a story. This one involves a recent bit of news, even though...
September 2019
September 22, 2019
A Knowledge Not So Lofty: The Underlying Quest for Power in Socio-Political Debate
Let's begin with a story. Back in my early 20s, when blogging was still a...
September 19, 2019
De-Centring Narrative Monopolies: Western Commercial Pressures in SF and Religion Alike
Let's begin with a story. I've been veering into literary matters quite a bit late--which...
September 12, 2019
Letting Go of Our “Heroes”: Ongoing Humanist Training and the (Ex-)James Tiptree, Jr. Award
Let's begin with a story. This one is Alice Sheldon's, and it's complicated. Dr. Sheldon...
September 08, 2019
Finding Better Forms for Secular Stories: An Ongoing Struggle in Eco-activism as in SF
Let's begin with a story. This time, it's mine. Last Sunday, one of my science-fiction...
August 2019
August 27, 2019
Is Innovation Always Positive? Lessons from Evangelical & White-Nationalist Histories
Let's begin with a story. We live with ideological contradictions all the time, but one...
August 23, 2019
Nobody at the Wheel: Unguided Evolution’s (Pretty Bleak, but Sometimes Necessary!) Lesson for Crisis Activism
Let's begin with a story. It's the story of lignin: one of the plainest illustrations...
August 18, 2019
We Have Always Been Leaving Omelas: The Humanist’s Infuriating Desire for a Better World
Let's begin with a story. This one is Ursula K. Le Guin's. It's called "The...
July 2019
July 30, 2019
Knowing Your Opponent: Climate-Change Denial on Religious Grounds
Let's begin with a story. In 2013, the Pew Research Center released survey data that...
July 20, 2019
It’s Not About You, Sweetheart: On Venting & Allyship
Let's begin with a story. A few weeks ago I had a charming encounter on...
July 12, 2019
The Secular-Humanist Danger of “Proof, or It Didn’t Happen”
Let's begin with a story. It can be a delicate matter, even just saying to...
July 06, 2019
Let’s Talk About Worth, Baby: The Secular Depravity of Economic and Geopolitical Determinism
Let's begin with a story. I'm about 10 or 11, having just finished B. F....
June 2019
June 23, 2019
Reading in Translation: Four Lessons for Secular/Religious Debate
Let's begin with a story. I was at a school bazaar as a small child,...
June 09, 2019
The Completion Myth: Telling the Messy Ol’ Stories Our World Requires
Let's begin with a story. In 2010, in a now-locked Livejournal episode, someone took to...
June 02, 2019
Lousy Arguments Against Anti-Abortionists: Better Humanist Appeals
Let's begin with a story. This one isn't mine--it belongs to James Carroll, who recently...
May 2019
May 26, 2019
A Walk in Our Global Neighbourhood: Rethinking Tourism as a Humanist
Let's begin with a story. A few weeks ago, I visited for the first time...
May 19, 2019
What Does A Teacher “Do”? Secular Education’s Disparate Aims
Let's begin with a story. As a child, the moment I realized my father and...
May 12, 2019
Suicide, Secularism, and the Storytelling Impulse
Let's begin with a story. It's midweek, and I'm pressed against the window of my...
May 09, 2019
Newton, Aquinas, and the Need for Fearless Secular Histories
Let's begin with a story. This one involves Sir Isaac Newton, that rather solitary figure...
May 05, 2019
What Work Will Be Your Legacy? A Final Lesson from Rachel Held Evans
Let's begin with a story. It's funny, but I think this line is one that...
April 2019
April 28, 2019
Racism, Everywhere: Resisting a Secular Culture War
Let's begin with a story. Some two years after walking into the Quebec Islamic Cultural...
April 25, 2019
The Demon-Haunted (Secular) World: Where Humanists Must Not Fear To Tread
Let's begin with a story. When I was around 10 or 11 I had a...
April 21, 2019
The Humanist’s Dilemma: Accepting the Christ Christians Believe in
Let's begin with a story. It's Resurrection Sunday in Medellín, and for the last week...
April 18, 2019
Should We Be Using the Term “Judeo-Christian”? On Erasure, Prejudice, and the Christian Holy Week
Let's begin with a story. I have a temper, which disappoints me from time to...
April 12, 2019
Do We Advocate for Life as If Life Matters?
Let's begin with a story. I think about this one often. On March 11, 2017,...
April 07, 2019
Demystifying Human Pain: How the Secular World Needs to Address Heartbreak, Depression, and More
Let's begin with a story. I recently submitted a book review for Anne Tambour's The Road...
April 02, 2019
Should “Thanks to God” Be a Hill for Humanists to Die On?
Let's begin with a story. This one comes from a religious family member, but I...
March 2019
March 31, 2019
How We Talk About Suffering in the Secular World
Let's begin with a story. This one comes from Humans of Bombay, a website inspired...
March 25, 2019
The Franchise Analogy: From Religious “Series” to Our Own
Let's begin with a story. I'm partaking in a proud new tradition among digital-era viewers:...
March 22, 2019
Bargaining with the Cosmos: Confronting a Secular Variant on Prayer
Let's begin with a story. This is the story I'm telling myself right now, about...
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