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March 2025

The New Moral Science & its Discontents
John Hamby outlines the difficulties in constructing a unified theory of morality, why there is so much disagreement between philosophers and…
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Michael Shermer
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In Memoriam: Bayard Brattstrom
Remembrances of one of my most influential professors and an obituary by his former students Erika M. Nowak, Marina M. Gerson, and Mary E. Shipman
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Michael Shermer
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The Shroud of Turin and the Meaning of Faith
Guest columnist Deacon David E. Pierce makes the case that treating religious relics as scientific evidence is a mistake, and why he thinks Leonardo da…
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Michael Shermer
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Does the West Need a Religious Revival?
My notes and additional thoughts on the Free Press/FIRE debate with myself and Adam Carolla vs. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Ross Douthat
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Michael Shermer
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The Spy Who Came in From the Cold War
A brief history of spies, lies, and intelligence, from Stalin to Putin and from Truman to Trump, by guest columnist Michelle Ainsworth
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Michael Shermer
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February 2025

December 2024

Extraterrestrial Governance
We are about to become a multi-planetary species. What type of government should be established on other planets, moons, and space-faring civilizations?
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Michael Shermer
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Wokeness Poisons Science
Part II of my series on why I am no longer woke
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Michael Shermer
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Science and Spirituality
The Search for Meaning in a Secular Age workshop at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, April 18–20, 2025, led by Dr. Michael Shermer and Dr. Ralph…
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Michael Shermer
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The Great Drone Panic of 2024...and 1914
Guest columnist Robert Bartholomew, one of the world’s leading scholars of mass hysterias and social panics, considers the panic over the recent drone…
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Michael Shermer
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