Friday, February 20, 2026

Heimdallarchaeia is near common ancestor of eukaryotes

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By Mathew Goldstein Alphaproteobacterium  is a class of aerobic bacteria within the phylum Proteobacteria  that have diverse metabolic capab...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Reply to Bill Cooke on Christ Myth Theories

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This was submitted as an article to Free Inquiry in response to Cooke's Aug/Sep 2024 Free Inquiry article. It was not chosen for publica...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Scopes at 100

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The Rhea County, TN Courthouse where the trial took place. By Mike Reid August 26, 2025 This year, 2025, marks the centennial of the famous ...
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Sunday, December 07, 2025

Political lawfare against and by Trump

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  By Mathew Goldstein Here we have lawyer Andrew McCarthy , a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York  making a...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Massimo Pigliucco on philosophy as a way of life

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  By Mathew Goldstein Here are correct (IMO) answers to the ten most consequential philosophical questions, as identified by AI assistant Cl...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

A sensible criticism of trans activism

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  Mathew Goldstein Jamie Paul is Managing Editor at Queer Majority , Contributing Editor at Bi.org , and a critic of trans activism as it ha...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

The problem of activists promoting illiberalism

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  By Mathew Goldstein   A lengthy but still worthwhile commentary from  Helen Pluckrose on the problem of illiberalism . She discusses the t...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Commentary worth reading

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  By Mathew Goldstein There are good secularist commentators on some topics of interest who are worth reading, listening to, or watching. I ...