Argue Like Jordan Peterson

Whereas my last article considered Jordan Peterson’s relation to history, I will now consider his atemporal art of argument.

Amidst the great diversity of argumentative patterns in discourse, certain thinkers have signature moves: logical-rhetorical…

The risks of alcohol (again)

A recent paper published by the Lancet demonstrating the global impact of alcohol consumption was a huge exercise from the Gates Foundation-funded Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Seattle. They built a large and complex statistical model from a vast range of…

Review of Jordan Peterson’s Stupid Lecture

**While you’re here, and before you accuse me of not engaging enough with Peterson, please check out my new post on Peterson’s book, Maps of Meaning**

I’ve been asked a few times to write something about Jordan Peterson, probably…

A Letter to Jamie Dimon

And anyone else still struggling to understand cryptocurrencies

Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

They don’t. Full stop.

Grab ’Em By The Teeth

I originally published this on Twitter (link here) as a thread, but people seemed to like it so I made some edits and…

“But along with *their* being no evidence…”

I made a thing for Faitheist’s anniversary

tl;dr: I collaborated on a pin with Strange Ways!

Five years ago today I published Faitheist, a book that details my journey in and out of religion, coming out as queer, and working as an atheist and interfaith activist.

The Art of the Ego: Review of Stefan Molyneux’s Stupid Book

Imagine that you have no discernible talents. You are not very intelligent. You are not particularly athletic. You are not good-looking. You can’t sing or dance well. Your jokes are basic and predictable. You read the…

Humans can’t tell legitimate science from junk science

When you’re confronted by some new information…