‘What Happened’ to Hillary Clinton?
Hillary Clinton's book 'What Happened' retells the 2016 presidential campaign through her eyes. Is this just a blame-game tale though?
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Interview with Ibrahim Abdallah – Muslimish Co-Founder
Ibrahim Abdallah is the co-founder of Muslimish. In this interview he discusses his stance on religion, how Muslimish facilitates a safe environment for Muslims and ex-Muslims, blasphemy laws and threats to free speech. This interview has been edited for clarity. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is your current stance towards religion? How does this impact your personal […]
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New York Terror Attack Suspect Plotted for Weeks, Authorities Say
Attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov had plotted for weeks before carrying out what is New York's deadliest terror attack since 9/11.
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Battle of Wits: How We Can Ensure Donald Trump Doesn’t Win a Second Term
If impeachment is not an option, how can we leverage the power of ideas to ensure that Donald Trump does not win another four years in office?
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Reza Aslan Is Wrong. Islamist Terrorism & White Nationalism Should Alarm Us All
Reza Aslan claims that people's concerns about Islamist terrorism are overreactions compared to concerns about other safety risks. Numbers say otherwise.
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Clinical Psychology and Secular Therapy with Dr. Caleb W. Lack – Session 2
Caleb W. Lack, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma, and the Director of the Secular Therapist Project. Dr. Lack is the author or editor of six books (most recently Critical Thinking, Science, & Pseudoscience: Why We Can’t Trust Our Brains with Jacques Rousseau) and more than […]
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Terrorism, Lone Wolves, and Double Standards: Why Definitions Matter
In light of the Las Vegas shootings, is it possible to define terrorism in a way that avoids double standards and arbitrariness?
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Interview with Cynthia Todd Quam – President of ‘End of the Line Humanists’
Scott Jacobsen interviews Cynthia Todd Quam (President and founder of 'End of the Line Humanists', and writer and poet) on all things humanism.
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After Charlottesville: When Will the United States Transcend White Supremacy?
Now that the violence in Charlottesville has forced “white supremacy” once again into our political vocabulary, let’s ask an uncomfortable question: “When will the United States transcend white supremacy?” My question isn’t, “What should we do about the overt white supremacists who, emboldened by Trump’s success, have pushed their way back into mainstream politics?” I […]
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Trump, Corbyn, and the Trouble with Condemning ‘Both Sides’
Donald Trump’s equal condemnation of violence on ‘both sides’ following the protests in Charlottesville highlight the inadequacy of such denunciation. Similar considerations apply to Jeremy Corbyn, who generically condemned ‘violence’ by ‘both sides’ in Venezuela, failing to distinguish between the government and opposition. If there is an asymmetry in wrongdoing, power, or the wrongness of […]
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