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November 05, 2018
Scientific Illiteracy Isn’t Just a “Them” Problem
Let's begin with a story. Recently on Facebook, a family member posted a series of...
November 02, 2018
The Commentary Game: Speaking Truth in a World of Spin
Let's begin with a story. I write speculative fiction, and have read the genre since...
October 2018
October 29, 2018
The Rhetoric of Purity Has Always Been Killing Us
Let's begin with a story, because I can't bear to start with this past week's...
October 26, 2018
The Problem of Successful Deterrence: Rwanda, Colombia, and Mounting Western Violence
Let's begin with a story--or better yet, a problem. Let's call it The Problem of...
October 24, 2018
Humanist Consequentialism in Action: The Honduran Caravan and Trans Civil Rights
Let's begin with a story. It's Season 3 of Better Call Saul, and Jimmy and Charles...
October 20, 2018
The Many Faces of “God” (for This Humanist)
Let's begin with a story. When I worked at a university writing centre, some of...
October 17, 2018
The Western Story of Colombia: A Failure of Global Humanist Thought
On Monday I argued against binary thinking, and promised an object lesson from Western stories...
October 15, 2018
Binary Thinking: The Greatest Challenge for 21st-Century Humanism
Let's begin with a story. As I write, it's a cold day in Medellín--which I'll...
September 2018
September 02, 2018
Storytelling while Secular: Writing about Loss in an Indifferent Cosmos
Last week I offered up a rather dense introduction to the storytelling problem of "sacrifice"...
August 2018
August 26, 2018
What We Talk About When We Talk About Societal Regression
This week in Colombia, the Constitutional Court overturned a two-year-old ban on bullfighting, citing its...
August 12, 2018
The Joker and the Supermen: Secular Story-Telling in a Spiritual World
It happens with uncanny frequency here in Colombia: when I talk to a male person,...
August 04, 2018
Atheism in Colombia: Not as Different as You Might Think
I had the opportunity a few days ago to read a column on atheism in...
July 2018
July 25, 2018
Atheism as Click-bait: Playing into Media Sensationalism
I suspect it's clear by now, to readers of this blog, that I am more...
July 16, 2018
A Better Use for Biblical Pedantry
The other day a family member wrote me with a "joke": an email that contained,...
July 08, 2018
“You’re Not Angry Enough”: Humanist Outrage and… Grace?
It's been a wild ride in Colombia this past week, if you're up on your...
June 2018
June 22, 2018
Bible-Shaming Won’t Work: The Love Thy Neighbour Problem
As outrage spread in response to the U.S. policy of separating children from parents at...
June 18, 2018
Beyond the Brand: Finding the Communal Self Behind Our Labels
The Russian World Cup is well underway, and whenever I catch a glimpse of Colombia's...
June 09, 2018
Leader Worship and Populism: A Humanist Nightmare
If you believe that human beings are responsible for fixing the world's problems, populism can...
May 2018
May 31, 2018
“Philanthrocapitalism”: From Religious to Secular Masters of Men
One reason I resist strict religious/secular binaries is because shared human behaviours often warrant closer...
May 26, 2018
A Humanist in Colombia: Lessons for a Hurting World
Colombians will rarely ask you your religion. Why would they, when “Catholic” is the default...
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