Author: David Klinghoffer
An Ancient Greek Witness to Secularism as a Moral Corrosive
Jerry Coyne can always be counted on for a cartoonish view on modern monotheist religions — and so too on ancient polytheist ones.
Kin Selection Goes to Kindergarten
Cynics would call this kin selection or perhaps love of candy. I’d call it genuine love.
Dante on the “Angelic Butterfly”
In the matter of this particular image, seeing humans caught in a transformative process like the one enacted by caterpillars and butterflies, Nabokov was scooped by Dante in the Divine Comedy.
Garry Trudeau Joins a Special Club with an Unfortunately Large Membership
To equate intelligent design with creationism is to reveal, without shame, that you’re too lazy to invest a little modest research effort — either that, or you’re too dishonest.
A Still Small Voice
My son looked on with interest. “First he has to eat food,” Saulie commented. “And then when he’s done eating, he says to the bees ‘Can you play with us?'”