The Blog

Dispatches
from the rebellion

Essays on curiosity, critical thinking, and the fight for our kids — fatherhood and faith, evidence and uncertainty, and what it takes to choose understanding over manufactured certainty. New writing, alongside pieces first shared in HuffPost, Medium, and with the Human Rights Campaign.

Chapter 11 cover with the title 'What We’ve Done with the Time' in large white text on a dark gradient background; 'Scientific Rebellion' at the bottom.
Bob Fitch Photography Archive Stanford 1966

Where do we go from here?

The unrestrained violence that Capitol rioters were directing toward lawmakers is what many Black Americans face in their daily lives.

Vote 2020

I hate to admit this, but before I had a transgender kid…