Fighting Fire with Ire: 3 Lessons from Noam Chomsky’s Takedown of Sam Harris
The day before Mayweather fought Pacquiao, New Atheist Sam Harris released an email sparring match…
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The Avengers, Rogue Roombas, and Robot Accountability
Artificial intelligence is taking over—at least in Hollywood. In 2013, there was Spike Jonze’s acclaimed…
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How a Pioneer of Branding Invented Christian Fundamentalism
A conversation with Timothy Gloege about the untold history of the making—and marketing—of Christian fundamentalism.
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Churches Can No Longer Hide the Truth: Daniel Dennett on the New Transparency
The famous New Atheist waxes optimistic on the future of religion.
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Pamela Geller in Brooklyn: Free Speech, Hate Speech, and the Futility of Arguing with a Bigot
Geller’s anti-Muslim message was greeted with jeers in Brooklyn last month.
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What the Catholic Supreme Court Justices Get Wrong About Marriage
For a millennium the church had no “coherent or obligatory liturgical tradition” regarding marriage.
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The Ethics of Everest
In the wake of tragedy, considering both the human and the moral costs of the ultimate sports pilgrimage.
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The Promise of Immortality in a Tech-Enhanced Heaven
Talking transhumanism with R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell.
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An American Muslim Responds to Muslim Orgs Questioning Armenian Genocide
You lose your keys, because you misplace them. If someone takes your keys, then they’re stealing from you.
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Women’s Equality in the Church is No Longer Negotiable
It Is not the nuns’ problem, but everyone’s.
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