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Editorial

In Praise of Dialogue by Richard Young

Viva la dialogue! A small ode to a big idea.

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Features

In the Name of Salvation by Jockie Loomer-Kruger

Did I miss the first signs of elder abuse happening to him? I believe I did. The clues were in a drawing...

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What is the Meaning of Human Life? by Guido O. Perez MD

Some people argue that this question is too vague or that it doesn’t have an answer. Nihilists affirm that a life of suffering followed by death has no meaning at all...

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When Metaphysical Beliefs Trump Human Compassion by Gary Bauslaugh

Religion-inspired compassion can be a beautiful thing. But why does it so vociferously abandon those who at the end of their lives could most use a bit of compassion?

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Against Faux-Feminists Who Deny the Rights of Muslim Women and Jews by Phyllis Chesler

Have you ever wondered why feminism seems to go silent at times and places where equality is most desperately needed? So have we.

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Impressions of China by John K. Nixon

Vancouverite John K. Nixon recounts a recent visit to China. Following Mr. Nixon's observant gaze takes us from a massive cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze to an anti-snoring medication consisting of silkworm feces.

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Neurons Gone Wild by Kevin Simler

To reject gods and spirits is easy: just bully them away in the name of science. But to accept them, or at least our experiences of them, and yet give them a scientific explanation: there’s a task worthy of our art...

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Turning Sixty: The Prime of Our Lives by Leigh Donaldson

Leigh Donaldson on turning 60. Is it the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end? 

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Book reviews

Review of Daniel C. Dennett’s “From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds” by Michael Schulman

The title of Daniel C. Dennett’s latest book suggests that minds reached their apogee in the head of the great 18th-century composer and have since regressed to microbial automatism...

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