On Medium: Thomas Paine and the Perils of “Natural Rights”

Read on about humanism, the conservative’s cherry-picking of natural norms, and the naturalistic fallacy of appealing to natural facts to ground human rights.

On Medium: The Ecstasy and Agony of Being Donald Trump

Here's an article about how lying all the time is easy, but living with the aftermath is hard, in which case being like Donald Trump would only superficially be the easiest thing in the world.

On Medium: Why Even Atheists Cry Out to God

Read on about the ploys for escaping the alienated brain, and how they lead to instinctive cries to a deity and to the indulgence in conspiracy theories.

On Medium: Why do Conservative Muslim Men Hate Women?

Read on about the irony and paradox of being attracted to women and simultaneously needing to loathe them on conservative, religious grounds in the Muslim world.

On Medium: America’s Odd History of Close Elections

Read on about the strangeness of America's evenly matched political parties, and the corporate media’s role in sustaining the tight race between Harris and Trump.

On Medium: Plant Philosophy should be Rooted in Pantheism

Read on about how pantheism rather than Aristotle's teleology, panpsychism, or monotheism should help us understand the similarities between plant and animal behaviour.

On Medium: Is Progress a Revolt Against Nature’s Wildness?

Here's a dialogue on the implications of secular humanism for progress, transhumanism, and our existential relationship to nature.

On Medium: GK Chesterton’s Sneaky Ode to Tradition

Here's an article about GK Chesterton's dubious insinuation that the logic of democracy entails conservativism, and why we shouldn’t mistake masterful rhetoric for a logical argument.

On Medium: Nature is Deaf to Our Gratitude for Being Alive

Read on about the cosmic flaw that inspires the tragic heroism of history, and the lengths to which we go to find someone to thank and to blame for our life's circumstances.

On Medium: Christianity is the World’s Strangest Religion

Read on about the irony of GK Chesterton's apologetical emphasis on Christianity's uniqueness since what this religion features is God’s death, which entails atheism.