Ben Shapiro: Not so strong on facts and logic after all.

Ben Shapiro’s Fallacies Against Transgender Identity

Ben Shapiro invited Dr. Debra Soh onto his show so that he can use her to attack the very legitimacy of transgender identity. He tries to present himself as being very strong on facts and logic – but this mere Read more

R.I.P. Harry Potter

Why I Can’t Separate Harry Potter from JK Rowling

Sometimes, a terrible person produces great artwork. Some of those times, I am able to separate the artwork from the artist’s problematic character – but in other situations, I am not able to. In my latest YouTube video, I explain Read more

Where AA Needs to Do Better

Where AA Needs to Do Better

And while it is important to not only validate, but celebrate the success stories of Alcoholics Anonymous – it is also important to tell the horror stories as well – and to do so in a way that gives proper attention to the systemic problems behind them. This is the only way that we can, hopefully, get Alcoholics Anonymous to address its systemic problems.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: An image of a lyre is featured based on modern reconstructions of an ancient instrument known as the "kinnor" - the kind of lyre that King David used. Halway framing the kinnor is a question mark. This image is for the alternative psalms that I wrote and posted on my blog (virtualstoa.org). Unlike the traditional psalms which pretty much require religious belief for you to use them -- these psalms (the Non-Theistic psalms) impose no such requirement at all for their use.

Non-Theistic Psalm no. 4

Non-Theistic Psalm no. 4: Composed 2018-02-21 in the afternoon. A Psalm of Sophia recounting being driven from a long-time church at the start of gender transition. Why have those I thought of as friends turned on me? They say that Read more