Island of Misfit Articles

Dancing on a pole (and dancing in general) does a body good

How Chief Justice Roberts made an incredibly bad call

Exploring political biases in our judicial system

How to offer support without making things worse

A guide to deceptive tactics used to influence others

Spinoza on imagination, reason, and intuition

The pressure to plead guilty interferes with due process

How to spread ideas without spreading disease

In both the child and the abuser

Lessons from untimely deaths

Is writing within a niche really that important?

And I always will

Stop avoiding the spiky parts

Descartes on God, free will, and mistakes

There’s absolutely no evidence that the universe isn’t a joke

The joys of creating just for you

The case for a balanced skeptical strategy

How an imbalance of cultural perspectives robs the next generation of thinkers

According to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Why we confuse victims and perpetrators

Unwinding the mysteries of our bowels

Why pride is just as important as humility

Criminal justice reform in the US can’t happen fast enough