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Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.
We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to... →
It is difficult to think of anything more important than providing the best education possible for our children. They will develop the next... →
Muslim moderates, wherever they are, must be given every tool necessary to win a war of ideas with their co-religionists. Otherwise, we will have to... →
There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view, some... →
One of the great responsibilities we have as a society is to educate ourselves, along with the next generation, about which substances are worth... →
There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the... →
The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology... →
The usefulness of religion - the fact that it gives life meaning, that it makes people feel good - is not an argument for the truth of any religious... →
There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should... →
We're right to say that a culture that can't tolerate free speech is... there are a wide range of positive human experiences that are not... →
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.