Author: Adam Lee

The nonreligious are now larger than any single religious group in America, and they’ve become the majority in several states.

The desert town of Rio Verde Foothills ought to be a lesson in what happens when you buy a home in places without the resources needed for human life. But some people are doing their utmost not to learn that lesson.

When you denounce your enemies as allies of the Devil, it excuses you from the necessity of treating them as human beings with rights. That murderous logic has been used by Christians against Jews through the centuries, and now it’s arising to justify Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Navajo Nation says their faith makes it unacceptable for anyone to send human ashes to the Moon. How far should the rest of us have to go to respect religious taboos about death?

America’s housing shortage is a Prisoner’s Dilemma problem. We need a lot of new housing, but no one wants it built in their community.

In her book ‘Doppelganger,’ Naomi Klein argues that conspiracy theorists, delusional though they are, are actually trying to do skepticism. They’re just doing it wrong.

The Fourteenth Amendment bans insurrectionists from elected office in America. Should we use this constitutional weapon against Donald Trump, or can threats to democracy only be defeated through democracy?

In these last hours of 2023, let’s look back on the year’s biggest stories and trends.

Nature knows that winter is a time to rest, unburden, and sweep the board clear of distractions. We could stand to do the same.

The Future Library Project is collecting books that won’t be published in our lifetime. It’s an antidote to temporal near-sightedness and a motivation to contemplate what the future needs from us.