Well, the United States had a good run, but in a confused state and in unjustified despair—exacerbated by misinformation from various sources—the United States decided to end its life as a republic on November 5. The cause of death was ingestion of the lethal substance colloquially known as Donald Trump. Exaggeration? With Matt (“she looked …

As always, the opinions expressed here are mine alone. How to explain the election results? In part, perhaps these factors: some Democratic mistakes over the past few years; skilled Republican campaigning, playing on the fears of many Americans; and, perhaps most of all, the evident lack of consensus about what is “real.” In the first …

Let me emphasize the “my” in the title for this column. I speak as an individual and the views expressed herein in no way represent the views of the Center for Inquiry, the Council for Secular Humanism, or Free Inquiry magazine. The choice for president should be an easy one for anyone who cares about …

Hardly a week goes by that I don’t wish that Christopher Hitchens were still around to comment on current events. Not everyone, I realize, shares this sentiment. Hitchens, who died in 2011, loved intellectual combat, and when he fought, which he did often—in print, on television, and on the debate stage—he gave no quarter, pummeling …