Getting old and dying, secular style

Death is a hard reality for secularists, but also a reminder to find meaning in life where we can.

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The future of data centers

Who should have to bear the burden of development for the greater good of society?

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Teshuva for the secular

How do nonreligious people repent?

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The secular case for public funding of religious schools

Greater school choice might be preferable to trying to create one curriculum that offends no one.

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Is the Supreme Court forcing religion on us?

Right-wing justices are giving wide latitude to elected officials to impose their religious views.

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Can we restore lawful government?

A more blatantly corrupt and cruel administration than any we've seen before—but it's not too late to stop it.

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Is objective morality dangerous?

Does belief in objective value make us more or less likely to fight and kill each other?

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America's 250th: Looking backward and forward

America has been divided for 250 years. If we make it to 500, will we be still having the same arguments or will we have outgrown them?

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Fetterman has no right to leave the Democratic Party

If Fetterman became a Republican, it would be nearly impossible for Democrats to win a Senate majority in 2026.

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Opinion | A.I. Drones Are Coming. We Are Not Ready.

World leaders are marching us toward an uncertain era of new warfare — fast.

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Should freethought return to its deist roots?

The first American secularists were deists. Would the freethought movement benefit from emulating their example?

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America, happy 250th birthday

Constitutional democracy cannot work without a settled cultural consensus that reasoned debate will lead society closer to truth, although, of course, never fully attaining it.

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Rucho is the real threat to American democracy

The courts have blessed anti-democratic gerrymandering.

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Why Are Birthrates Down? Two New Studies Point to Phones.

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Did Justice Wecht issue an improper public statement?

Supreme Court justice issued statement when leaving the Democratic party

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Could Indonesian spirituality be in our future?

Indonesia models a different kind of secularism, premised on religious diversity and coexistence.

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Bruce Ledewitz: Violating the conscience of the taxpayer

Recently, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decision struck down Pennsylvania’s statutory ban on Medicaid benefits for abortions. Around the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review of C...

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Living in a future 'After God'

We live in an era without religious assumptions, but do we know how to live without them?

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Washington Attack Suspect Sought to Justify Himself to Christians - Christianity Today

In writings, Cole Tomas Allen thanked his church and argued that his attempt to assassinate Trump administration officials was compatible with his faith.

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Bruce Ledewitz: America must regulate advertising

It is not easy to name the worst Supreme Court decision in American history.The Dred Scott case in 1857 helped bring about the Civil War and its racist...

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Bruce Ledewitz: Our politics is a world of unreason

We live in an age of political unreason. Unless we are learn to think more reasonably, especially rejecting our own side’s partisan lies, America...

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Bruce Ledewitz: The 2028 presidential election is the last chance to Save Social Security

he Social Security program is running out of money. The Social Security Administration estimates that by 2034, payroll taxes will cover around 75% of scheduled...

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Bruce Ledewitz: Pennsylvania is the climate change problem

hy has there been so little progress combatting climate change in America? It’s not because the whole thing is a hoax, as President Donald Trump...

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Secularism's third way

Does Eastern philosophy hold the answer to finding meaning in a godless world?

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Bruce Ledewitz: Trump chose an endless war with Iran

Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman was right to break with his fellow Democrats and vote against a potential funding cut-off for the current war against...

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Bruce Ledewitz: Republicans, give Trump authority to pass tariffs

The Supreme Court not only did the right thing in striking down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the justices may have saved the Republic in doing...

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Bruce Ledewitz: We don’t need voter ID because voter fraud isn’t a problem

Now that Pennsylvania’s Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has decided to support voter ID, an almost purely Republican cause, it’s time to revisit...

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David Brooks wants to rebuild a humanistic culture

To rediscover our values, we first have to forge a new foundation for them.

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