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Some protesters are calling for the firing of tenured Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo. Is that the right thing to do?

Recent studies show that children as young as three years old use “brand cues” to choose among food and play options—and thus is a Pandora’s toybox opened.

A generation after the infamous Scopes Trial, a biology teacher, Susan Epperson, went to court and won the right to teach evolution theory. Even the election of a new, more science-friendly administration, however, does not ensure that the Bible will no longer be used as a science textbook.

In this second installment of Mark Dery’s autobiographical essay (a “nonfiction novella”) about a suburban teen’s transcendent encounter with Ziggy Stardust, our hero has his congenitally straight brain blown in a late-night, black and white encounter with the confusingly feminine Ziggy during Bowie’s final appearance as the character.

In this third installment of Mark Dery’s cultural critique-cum-“nonfiction novella” about a born-again teen’s transcendent encounter with Ziggy Stardust in the 1970s, our hero experiences an agape that is equal parts sanctified rapture and endorphin rush at a radical Friday night coffeehouse church. Meanwhile, the hippie Jesus of the Jesus Freaks reaches the big time in mainline protestantism.

New theories hold that aspects of human culture—religion, art, and economy—have an impact on our evolution as a species. And we’re changing fast.

From anti-gay executive orders to claims that disabled children are God’s punishment, the religious right is very much alive.

Mike Huckabee prepares to host Mathew Staver whose Liberty Counsel has been sending dubious press releases.

In the post-Underwear Bomber debate will our civil liberties be further mortgaged to satisfy demands for increased national security?

When police brutally beat an African American transsexual the black media turns away; but homo- and transphobia in the media hurt the entire community.