September 20, 2024

As often noted, revisiting a great work of art, even one quite familiar, can pay delightful, unanticipated dividends. With something like the Brahms First Symphony, each attentive listening may, and often does, discern a new structural balance, thematic ingenuity, secondary theme… not to mention the surprising niceties revealed by different interpretations. I believe the same

On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice released its 500-page report on the shootings in Uvalde, Texas, which occurred on May 24, 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland said: The law enforcement response at Robb Elementary on May 24th, 2022—and the response by officials in the hours and days after—was a failure. As a

Introduction I have a hunch that if an individual studies cultural anthropology long enough, they at some point or another will stumble upon the (almost certainly) undeniable “truth” of cultural relativism. My epiphany occurred on the island of Trinidad in Spring 1989 during my initiation into the Orisha religion (a New World, African-derived religion). Sometime

Because the following article is a critique of biblical views of marriage, much of the language is within a husband/wife binary. This should not be taken as support for the view that marriage can only be between one man and one woman. The Center for Inquiry fully supports marriage equality and inclusivity.—Editors One of the unsung