Film Review: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, the new HBO documentary that aims to tell the personal story of the three women who were jailed for their provocative political performance in a […]
Category Archives: Politics & Culture
US Humanitarian Policy: The Log in Our Own Eye
By Jason Windell For as long as I’ve been alive and for far longer than that, the United States has prided itself on being a champion of not only its people, […]
Why we Need the Freedom Not to Believe: Lessons from China
The recent persecution of atheists in Muslim-majority countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh has prompted some hand-wringing and mild-mannered protests in secularist communities. Nonbelievers, as a rule, just don’t think of themselves […]
Cultural Relativism: 4 Arguments For & Against
Different cultures believe different things. One doesn’t need to be an anthropologist to see that the morality, ritual, and religion vary more and more the further you travel, no matter […]
The Problem With Blasphemy Laws, & What You Can Do
By Michael De Dora CFI Representative to the United Nations A young person, after being raised within a traditionally religious and authoritative family, begins to question the veracity of the […]
Democracy in Islam & Possibilities for Interfaith Relations
Everyone’s eyes are watching the Arab world, and rightly so. The story is in not any way over yet! In my opinion, the Arab Spring could possibly be the biggest […]
Applied Sentience 