Author: Adam Lee

Any day when Janelle Monáe announces a new album is a good day. Any day when she promotes that album by releasing not one, but two videos – one a sultry Prince-inspired love song, one a defiant black power anthem – is even better: And yes, that first video is the one that taught me…

You’ll need a cold shower after getting an eyeful of all that hot, wet concrete and stiff rebar.

Debunking a claim that genetic evidence verifies a relationship between native Americans and ancient Israelites.

The downfall of Lawrence Krauss, and how atheists have rejected the unfounded claims of religion but kept the form of its governance.

Compassion as an act of evil; sex as an act of violence.

Unfortunately, this should come as no surprise. The Senate did take up immigration, and the Democrats went further than I would have wanted, even offering money for Trump’s ludicrous border wall in exchange for legal status for the Dreamers. But that compromise failed because the White House also demanded huge cuts in legal immigration as…

[I’m away on a mini-vacation for Presidents’ Day weekend. Regular posting will resume later this week. In the meantime, please enjoy this classic post from July 2012. —Adam] When it comes to debating the merits of religion, we atheists have an unfair advantage. Lately, almost every day when I go to work, there are Jehovah’s…

Rand’s men don’t have to understand what makes people tick, but her women do.

The Satanic Temple has done it again, turning one of the religious right’s best weapons against them.

This seems like a small, symbolic protest, but sometimes that’s just what it takes to undermine an authoritarian regime.