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March 2024

Arena, Writ Past
The Evolutionary Logic of Aggression and Violence, Part I
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Michael Shermer
11
Death by Theory
The WPATH Files revelations of pseudoscience in transgender care is the just latest in a litany of psychological quackery. Attachment Disorder reminds…
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Michael Shermer
12
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Redux—WPATH Edition
Leaked documents from World Professional Association for Transgender Health practitioners reveal a medical profession in the grips of an ideology-driven…
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Michael Shermer
39
Horseshoe Politics
The Rigid Right and the Loony Left are both manifestations of authoritarianism
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Michael Shermer
20

February 2024

January 2024

Psychling
Lessons learned in business, sports, and life from the Great American Bike Race, and what this tells us about how lives turn out—its massively…
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Michael Shermer
10
Slavery and a Moral Science of Freedom
On the 95th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, an example of how facts and reason can determine values and morals
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Michael Shermer
6
Resolutions
Looking forward with some past perspective
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Michael Shermer
5

November 2023

JFK Blown Away 60 Years Ago Today
On the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy an overview of the evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
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Michael Shermer
14
Why I Am Not a Christian
A response to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's declaration "Why I am Now a Christian"
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Michael Shermer
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Why the Jews?
The Psychology of Anti-Semitism and the Need for Enemies
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Michael Shermer
14
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