Best of the Infidel, 2020

To understand why colonizing Mars won't happen, look at Antarctica.

Britain's political left imploded because it turned against its base, and mainstream parties across Europe risk doing the same.

Here's what I mean when I speak of the essential struggle.

I make some predictions for the rest of the twenty-first century.

The US is now two rival nations sharing the same territory, but one is gradually colonizing the other.

It's religionists, not atheists, who need to prove their case.

Lifting precautions too early and re-energizing the pandemic was a mistake even from a political perspective.

Religion has actively encouraged and facilitated the spread of covid-19.

Genetics reveals the true story of Britain's ancient history.

America's two nations are at war.

China is the new Nazi Germany.

In the early BLM protests, I objected not to the violence but to the choice of targets.

Liberation is coming, poetically.  If you like that, read this too.

Hard reality doesn't care what people believe.

No, removing Confederate monuments is not "erasing history".

Even more than Trump, the "stupid one-third" of America's population is to blame for our failure to control the pandemic.

Don't be fooled by silly ideas just because they're familiar.

The "comfort" offered by religion can be dangerous.

The internet boosts small-scale delusions but undermines major ones.

My personal situation suggested a possible explanation for belief in gods.

What are aliens, really?

A bizarre episode in the Catholic Church highlights the absurdity of bureaucratized religion.

Cities face a decline even after the pandemic ends.

My assessment of the choice posed by the election proved popular.

What would aliens really be like?

I responded to my ongoing troll problem.

A murder in Paris showed the vital importance of a robust commitment to freedom of expression.

Here's how the Trumpanzees, or many of them, will eventually be deprogrammed.

Follow a poetic journey of enlightenment.

Worship is degradation of the self.