The Promise of Immortality in a Tech-Enhanced Heaven
Talking transhumanism with R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell.
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Don’t Be Tooken In by Kimmy Schmidt‘s Cult
For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race,…
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Graeme Wood on ISIS: No Such Thing as Objective Critique
The debate continues to deepen over Graeme Wood’s Atlantic cover story on ISIS: Murtaza Hussain…
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From The Virgin Mary to a Housewife in Queens: Inside The Seer of Bayside
Every June 18 for more than 25 years, Veronica Lueken—a Catholic housewife from Bayside, Queens—gathered…
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Elie Wiesel Distorts Bible in Controversial “Child Sacrifice” Ad
A close look at scripture challenges Elie Wiesel’s narcissistic new tale of exceptionalism.
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This week a news item has been making the rounds concerning a video of New…
Read MoreRomanian Exorcist Released from Prison, Becomes New Folk Devil
In 2005, world news reported on an exorcism in Tanacu, Romania, in which Irina Cornici,…
Read MoreAnother Slender Man Attack?
This weekend, a second attack by a knife-wielding teenage girl was attributed to the online Slender Man mythos. While the attack could…
Read More‘Slender Man’ Murder Attempt Wasn’t Media or Madness
This Internet is abuzz with speculation about a bizarre attempted murder in which two 12-year-old…
Read MoreRussian Multimillionaire Makes Peace with Anti-Christ Milk
Having stamped the barcodes of all milk produced at Russkoe Moloko with a red ‘X’ for the…
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