- Banksy unmasked: Reuters investigation finally reveals the identity of the pseudonymous and elusive renegade artist March 19, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 19, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue March 19, 2026
- Ducks in the snow! March 18, 2026
- FFRF rebukes NYC mayor Mamdani for mixing city business with Islam March 18, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Scientology March 18, 2026
- Kākāpō cam! March 18, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue March 18, 2026
- This makes me happy March 17, 2026
- The University of Chicago curriculum grows increasingly “progressive” March 17, 2026
- Luana’s revealing class survey of the biological definition of sex March 17, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 17, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue March 17, 2026
- Bill Maher’s New Rule: Oscars so wrong March 16, 2026
- Another journal drinks the Kool-Aid: Ecology Letters publishes a misguided article that “There is no consensus on biological sex” March 16, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue March 16, 2026
- Atlantic: What atheism (supposedly) can’t explain March 15, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 15, 2026
- Bob Trivers died March 15, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue March 15, 2026
- If you adhere to a religion, how much of its doctrine (and factual assertions) must you accept? March 14, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Eighteen celebrities who love cats; a cat that steals bras; cat with an emotional support potato; and lagniappe March 14, 2026
- Crick, Cobb, London March 14, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue March 14, 2026
- An artist writes a companion piece to my “Truth vs. Beauty” essay, both in Quillette March 13, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ gender March 13, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 13, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue March 13, 2026
- Pinker vs. Douthat debate: Do we need God? March 12, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 12, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue March 12, 2026
- Graduate-student union strike looming at Harvard March 11, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ self-pity March 11, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 11, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue March 11, 2026
- Coyne’s new law March 10, 2026
- Columbia’s anti-Israel grad student union makes big demands, prepares to strike March 10, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 10, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue March 10, 2026
- Botany pond ducks named Armon and Vashti, and the turtles have reappeared! March 9, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 9, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue March 9, 2026
- The Big Feed: My dinner at Next with Robert Lang March 8, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue March 8, 2026
- Bill Maher’s latest New Rule: “Trump Estrangement Syndrome” March 7, 2026
- The story of our Big Dinner will appear tomorrow March 7, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: What not to do to your cat; Jock(s) the Chartwell cat(s); missing cat in England found in Paris, more than 8 years later; and lagniappe March 7, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue March 7, 2026
- Possible brief slowdown in posting March 6, 2026
- Matthew Cobb wins big prize for his Crick biography March 6, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 6, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue March 6, 2026
- Amazon review of “The War on Science” volume rejected for using “woke” as pejorative March 5, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 5, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue March 5, 2026
- Why is the U.S. fighting Iran? March 4, 2026
- Andrew Doyle’s video retrospective of wokeness March 4, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ insults March 4, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 4, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue March 4, 2026
- Lizzy Savetsky chews out the Democrats March 3, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 3, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue March 3, 2026
- We have ducks! March 2, 2026
- The New York Times highlights faith again March 2, 2026
- Iranian women: 1970 vs. 2020 March 2, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 2, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue March 2, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 1, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue March 1, 2026
- Iranian leader Ali Khamenei reported killed February 28, 2026
- “All the News That’s Fit to Print” February 28, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Can cats help cure cancer?: a cat country song; feline parody of “2001: A Space Odyssey”; and lagniappe February 28, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue February 28, 2026
- U.S. and Israel attack Iran, Trump vowing regime change; Iran fires missiles at Israel and U.S. Mideast bases February 28, 2026
- “A Day in the Life” February 27, 2026
- California parents file lawsuit against state for fostering antisemitism against schoolchildren February 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 27, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue February 27, 2026
- No readers’ wildlife today; instead, we have my own photos from 2004-2006 February 26, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue February 26, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ conceptual conservatism February 25, 2026
- My answers in a Mexican newsletter to questions about evolution February 25, 2026
- Jesse Singal’s op-ed in the NYT: A turning point in “affirmative care”? February 25, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 25, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue February 25, 2026
- College essays change for the worse, rendered ineffectual by both how universities use them and how students can cheat using AI February 24, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 24, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue February 24, 2026
- The subspecies of “progressives” and how they’re mutually reinforcing February 23, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 23, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue February 23, 2026
- Bill Maher’s new rule: The King’s speech February 22, 2026
- A muddled argument: Shermer argues for the reality of free will February 22, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 22, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue February 22, 2026
- Best country crossover Songs February 21, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Driverless car kills beloved cat; Nutmeg, the titular mayor of Sellwood, OR; Jonah Goldberg says goodbye to his cat Gracie; and lagniappe February 21, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 21, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue February 21, 2026
- In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court tanks Trump tariffs February 20, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ “woman” February 20, 2026
- The University of Chicago funds big project on (Israeli) “scholasticide” February 20, 2026
- Dennis Prager in The Free Press: Morality can come only from God, so we should at least act as if He exists February 20, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 20, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue February 20, 2026
- Words and phrases I detest February 19, 2026
- PEN America gets captured: organization accepts Palestine as a member and rejects Israel; Jewish chief executive resigns after accusations of being a “Zionist” and not signing on to Israel’s “genocide” February 19, 2026
- Reader’s wildlife videos February 19, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue February 19, 2026
- A course of indoctrination at the University of Chicago February 18, 2026
- A short obituary of J. D. Watson in PNAS February 18, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ demography February 18, 2026
- No readers’ wildlife today February 18, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue February 18, 2026
- There isn’t a revival of religion in America February 17, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 17, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue February 17, 2026
- Bill Maher’s latest Rule February 16, 2026
- On guilt by association February 16, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 16, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue February 16, 2026
- In search of past time: The best songs about growing older or dying February 15, 2026
- What J. K. Rowling really thinks—in her own words February 15, 2026
- A New Yorker writer “loses faith in atheism” February 15, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 15, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue February 15, 2026
- Pinker and Tupy tout worldwide progress, espouse an objective morality February 14, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Larry trips a photographer; cat memes; Filou the cat escapes camper in Spain, walks 155 miles home to France; and lagniappe (3!) February 14, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 14, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue February 14, 2026
- What’s the difference between “lunch” and “luncheon”? February 13, 2026
- Nature, ideologically captured, uses “pregnant people” instead of “pregnant women” February 13, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 13, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue February 13, 2026
- Rick Beato further mourns the decline of rock and pop music February 12, 2026
- Darwiniana for Darwin Day February 12, 2026
- CBS/Free Press launches a series of debates and town halls. Coming up: Steve Pinker to debate Ross Douthat on God February 12, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos: Darwin Day edition February 12, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue (and Darwin Day) February 12, 2026
- Bill Maher on deranged Republicans February 11, 2026
- Bad Bunny is bad, brings obscenity to the Super Bowl February 11, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hell February 11, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 11, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue February 11, 2026
- I had a dream today. . . February 10, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 10, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue February 10, 2026
- The T.A.M.I. show (1964) starring James Brown February 9, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos and video February 9, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue February 9, 2026
- NYRB article attacks the biological definition of sex holding with definitions based on self-identification February 8, 2026
- Bill Maher’s New Rule on gambling February 8, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 8, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue February 8, 2026
- Bret Stephens on the state of world Jewry February 7, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: How cats see humans; the anti-cat bias of pet-friendly hotels; the Mischievous #10 Cat; and lagniappe February 7, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 7, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue February 7, 2026
- Can the groundhog see his shadow? February 6, 2026
- Chimps engage with pretend objects, suggesting they have imagination and can engage in pretense February 6, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 6, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue February 6, 2026
- Another reminder to read Da Roolz February 5, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 5, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue February 5, 2026
- Another “New Rule” clip from bill Maher February 4, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ obedience February 4, 2026
- No readers’ wildlife today February 4, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue February 4, 2026
- God: celestial dictator or kindly father? February 3, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 3, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue February 3, 2026
- An atheist reviews Charles Murray’s new pro-God book February 2, 2026
- Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow February 2, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 2, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue February 2, 2026
- Another critique of Agustín Fuentes’s claim of a sex spectrum in humans and other species February 1, 2026
- An excellent book: “Empire of the Summer Moon” February 1, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos February 1, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue February 1, 2026
- Bill Maher is back with New Roolz January 31, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Cats who were bad spies; cats who were good spies; Jeremy Irons on lions; and lagniappe. January 31, 2026
- Reader’s wildlife video January 31, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue January 31, 2026
- O Mio Babbino Caro January 30, 2026
- Maarten Boudry on the policing of academia January 30, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 30, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue January 30, 2026
- “Act/talk like a Jew” January 29, 2026
- Michael Shermer interviewed on WNYC, sandbagged on the issue of binary sex January 29, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 29, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue January 29, 2026
- Michael Shermer on free will January 28, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ hijabs January 28, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 28, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue January 28, 2026
- Canada expands criteria for assisted suicide (“medically assisted dying”) beyond terminal illness January 27, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos January 27, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue January 27, 2026
The Archive
June 8, 2014 • 6:26 am