- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 9, 2026
- The last Nazi newsreel before the end of WWII, with the last video of Hitler April 8, 2026
- Ducks (and turtles) at Botany Pond April 8, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ theodicy April 8, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 8, 2026
- Paul McCartney’s abysmal new song April 7, 2026
- An evolutionary biologist lists and discusses the ten most influential books in the field April 7, 2026
- Two “Times” obituaries for Robert Trivers April 7, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 7, 2026
- Trump threatens to destroy all of Iranian civilization April 7, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue April 7, 2026
- More touting of indigenous knowledge as coequal with modern science April 6, 2026
- Lunary flyby day: Live coverage April 6, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 6, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue April 6, 2026
- Easter homily: Baron David Frost touts God in the Telegraph April 5, 2026
- A transitional fauna shows that the “Cambrian explosion” was happening before the Cambrian April 5, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue April 5, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: “Crazy cat lady” banned from feeder ferals, gets big support; the cats of Istanbul; why cats make biscuits; and lagniappe April 4, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 4, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue April 4, 2026
- The woodies are still here April 3, 2026
- Bart Ehrman schools Ross Douthat on Christianity and how to find Biblical “truth” April 3, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ a primer on Christianity April 3, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos April 3, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue April 3, 2026
- Do astronauts carry suicide pills? April 2, 2026
- My article in Skeptic: Coyne vs. Shermer on Free Will April 2, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos: a paucity April 2, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue April 2, 2026
- The Artemis 2 launch is set to go in half an hour; watch it here April 1, 2026
- Rick Beato: Taylor Swift vs. The Beatles April 1, 2026
- The Supreme Court, free speech, and therapy: a big screwup by the Supremes April 1, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ question-begging April 1, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue April 1, 2026
- I may have been wrong about Bill Maher and UFOs March 31, 2026
- More wokeness from the journal Nature, and a response from a reader March 31, 2026
- The ten best-selling books in history, and what I’m reading March 31, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue March 31, 2026
- Alan Lightman in The Atlantic: Dualism or not? March 30, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 30, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue March 30, 2026
- Bill Maher’s latest “new rule”: UFOs March 29, 2026
- How an American college woman turned into a propagandist for terrorism March 29, 2026
- We have wood ducks! March 29, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 29, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue March 29, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecat: Library accepts cat photos in lieu of late fees; the history of Downing Street cats; lost cat reunites with family after five years; and lagniappe March 28, 2026
- Reader’s wildlife photos March 28, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue March 28, 2026
- Indigenous “ways of knowing” invade Canadian science classes March 27, 2026
- Now The Atlantic touts religion—or rather, beliefs that don’t need evidence March 27, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ the Trinity March 27, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue March 27, 2026
- Once again, the superstitionists proclaim the death of New Atheism—and atheism in general March 26, 2026
- Ghost the octopus died March 26, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 26, 2026
- Thursday: Hili dialogue March 26, 2026
- This just in from Colossal Biosciences: Wolves eat meat! March 25, 2026
- DuckCam is up! March 25, 2026
- Two obituaries of Robert Trivers March 25, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Islamophobia March 25, 2026
- Wednesday: Hili dialogue March 25, 2026
- Duck report!!! March 24, 2026
- Tuesday: Hili dialogue March 24, 2026
- “Little Darlin'”: cover or parody? Or is it two, two, two songs in one? March 23, 2026
- “The right war is being waged by the wrong people, for the wrong reasons”: Sam Harris on the conflict with Iran March 23, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 23, 2026
- Monday: Hili dialogue March 23, 2026
- Today’s covert anti-Israel slant on the news March 22, 2026
- Bill Maher’s new rule: Hot take nation March 22, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 22, 2026
- Sunday: Hili dialogue March 22, 2026
- A Guardian hit piece on a London bakery connected to Israel and its “aggression” against a nearby Palestinian restaurant March 21, 2026
- Caturday felid trifecta: Cat gets rave bath; Turkish cat ladders; why falling cats land on their feet; and lagniappe March 21, 2026
- Readers’ wildlife photos March 21, 2026
- Saturday: Hili dialogue March 21, 2026
- Alex Byrne recounts an episode of professional rejection involving yet another academic taboo March 20, 2026
- The taboo idea you can’t discuss in academia March 20, 2026
- Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Lent March 20, 2026
- Friday: Hili dialogue March 20, 2026
- 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
The Archive
June 8, 2014 • 6:26 am