Best of the Infidel, 2017

The US has entered a dark age of attacks on science.

Carol is a moving tale of forbidden love in 1952.

I review V for Vendetta, the movie and the book.

You're not obligated to be civil with people who want to destroy you.

This is Iran, a likely target of wingnut warmongering.

Our rallies are better than theirs.

Categorizing and pigeonholing people is wrong, and unsustainable in the long run.

Ghost in the Shell is a beautiful and imaginative vision of the future.

The hostility to Brexit is ignorant and dishonest.

A war with North Korea could change the global distribution of power.

This was the most important election of 2017.

Wonder Woman deserved its success.

The common enemy is extremism itself.

For Independence Day, don't yield to defeatism.

Videos tell daunting truths about religion.

Wingnuts use fake word definitions as camouflage.

The India-China rivalry presents a risk of nuclear war.

The Alt-Right's fetish for weapons and violence reflects primitive primate instincts.

The internet's maddening ad infestation may be self-destructing.

Keep an eye on Bannon.

Fake alien-encounter stories are trite and boring.

When is secession justified?

Groupthink plays into the hands of the enemy.

I discuss morality with Daniel Wilcox.

Minor parties are pointless in the context of American democracy.

Darkness inspires a meditation.

The revolt against sexual harassment is a defining moment in US politics.

I assess the lessons of Alabama.

If the Republicans realize they're doomed, they may become more dangerous than ever.