Reflections on a summer of both wonder and discontent.
Author: Jack Wathey
How to Fix the NBA’s Tanking Problem
This is a guest post written by Danny Kleinman, a friend whom I met through our mutual interest in the problems with America’s electoral system. Here he applies his sharp mind and mathematical prowess to a smaller but vexing problem in the world of professional basketball: the perverse incentive to lose games, inadvertently created by the Read More …
Illusion or Delusion? Atheists Debate the Basis of Religion
This post is in reply to psychologist William A. Zingrone, who recently wrote a thoughtful and challenging review of my book, The Illusion of God’s Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing. The scientific issues he raised deserve serious discussion, and because he and I are now Facebook friends, it seemed natural to write this in Read More …
Baby Jesus and the War on Christmas
Christmas is a microcosm of the biological roots of religion. Read this at the Huffington Post. Share this:
The Cultishness of Trump’s Following
This post spontaneously poured out of me on the day before the election of 2016. Read it at the Huffington Post. Share this:
There’s a Better Way to Elect Presidents
Only a broken electoral system could let Donald Trump get this close to the presidency. Here’s an elegant way to fix it. Read this on the Huffington Post. Share this:
What Should Replace the Republican Party?
On the eve of the first presidential debate of 2016, this is my fanciful take on how to fix our dysfunctional politics. Read it at the Huffington Post. Share this:
2001: A Hate Odyssey
In commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, this post offers a cosmic perspective on religious violence, terrorism, and the future of humanity. Read it at the Huffington Post. Share this:
It’s Not That Trump Is an Alpha Male…
…It’s That He’s So Little Else It takes more than narcissism and charisma to make a president. Read this on the Huffington Post. Share this:
Trump’s Narcissism Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Does evolution have anything to say about the allure of Donald Trump? I think so. Read this piece at the Huffington Post. View Post Share this: