Ask Tara 1 — The Crossroads of Thailand, Iran, America, Journalism, and Women’s Rights » Tara Abhasakun

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• BN SeaCon 2024, Revival of Reason 2025, and Community 2025-04-28
• Afghan Diaspora in Toronto: Advocacy, Feminism, and the Fight for Freedom 2025-04-28
• Arie Perliger on Far-Right Extremism, Counterterrorism, and Democratic Challenges 2025-04-28
• The Evolution of Terrorism: Phil Gurski on Changing Tactics, Deradicalization, and National Security 2025-04-28
• Phil Gurski on Terrorism, National Security, and Canada’s Shifting Counterterrorism Priorities 2025-04-28
• Phil Gurski on Counterterrorism, Radicalization, and the Evolution of Terrorist Ideologies 2025-04-28
• OUSA’s 2025 Advocacy Priorities, Postsecondary Funding, and Student Challenges in Ontario 2025-04-28
• Humanists International Policy Chronology 4: “The Foundation of IHEU” 2025-04-28
• Humanists International Policy Chronology 3: “Amsterdam Declaration 1952” 2025-04-28
• Sir James Douglas: The Mixed Legacy of Fort Langley’s Founding Father 2025-04-28
• How Creationism and Intelligent Design Undermine Canadian Science Education: The Trinity Western University Case 2025-04-28
• Humanists International Policy Chronology 2: “Family planning” 2025-04-28
• Humanists International Policy Chronology 1: “Humanism and secularism” 2025-04-28
• Religious Privilege in Langley: How Fundamentalism Undermined Public Health and Secular Governance 2025-04-28
• The Dangerous Deception of Naturopathic Medicine in British Columbia: Pseudoscience Masquerading as Health Care 2025-04-28
• Faith, Pseudoscience, and Community: How Fundamentalist Culture Shapes Small-Town Canada 2025-04-28
• Exploring Creationist Beliefs in Canada: An Analysis of Perspectives on Origins and Evolution 2025-04-28
• Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Merritt Reflects Wider Crisis in Catholic Dioceses 2025-04-28
• Former Archbishop of Canterbury Admits Failure in Decades-Long Church Abuse Crisis 2025-04-28
• Michigan AG Report Identifies 56 Catholic Clergy Accused of Sexual Abuse in Diocese of Lansing Since 1950s 2025-04-28
• Catholic Priest Anthony Odiong Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault in Texas and Louisiana Amid Decades of Abuse Allegations 2025-04-28
• Historic $880 Million Clergy Abuse Settlement by Archdiocese of Los Angeles Marks Largest in U.S. Catholic Church History 2025-04-28
• Finding an Activism/Life Balance – TheHumanist.com 2025-04-04
• Alexis Rockman on Artwork, Science, and Environmental Storytelling 2025-04-04
• Rights, Education, Organizations, and Hood Humanism: An Interview with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson 2025-03-29
• Weathering Dark Times, Emerging Stronger: An Interview With Candace Gorham, AHA President 2025-03-29
• Taiwan’s Opposition, China’s Military Pressure, and the Strategic Role of Semiconductors 2025-03-29
• Journalism’s Role in Moral Narratives and Synopsis of Clergy-Related Abuse 2025-03-29
• BCFS Advocacy, Postsecondary Funding, and Student Affordability Challenges 2025-03-29
• Resilient Markets: Navigating Investment and Trade Uncertainty in Canada 2025-03-29
• Faith-Based Abortion Activism in British Columbia: Public Health Risks and Human Rights Concerns 2025-03-29
• On Tejano Music 7: Selena Quintanilla’s Rise: Tejano Music, Industry Support, and Cultural Legacy 2025-03-08
• The Work Begins to End Global Blasphemy Laws: An Interview with Mubarak Bala 2025-03-04
• Challenging Social Mindsets in Malawi 2025-03-04
• Weathering Dark Times, Emerging Stronger: An Interview With Candace Gorham, AHA President 2025-03-04
• Finding an Activism/Life Balance 2025-03-04
• The Path to Humanist Chaplaincy 2025-03-04
• Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation on Christian Nationalism 2025-03-04
• Resilient Markets: Navigating Investment and Trade Uncertainty in Canada 2025-03-04
• Independent Growth: Andreea Bourgeois on Canada’s 3.2 % GDP Surge 2025-03-04
• Dr. Herb Silverman on American Secularism 2025-03-04
• The Hollywood Formula and Proposal for Scotty 2025-03-04
• RealCarlAllen & RealRickRosner on Real Polls 2025-03-04
• Tweets to the States 1: Sue Reality Mr. Stephen King! 2025-03-04
• International Day of Care and Support 2025-03-04
• Intersecting Tensions: Right-Wing Antisemitism, Identity Politics, and the Israel-Palestine Conflict 2025-03-04
• Weathering Dark Times, Emerging Stronger: An Interview With Candace Gorham, AHA President 2025-03-03
• The Work Begins to End Global Blasphemy Laws: An Interview with Mubarak Bala 2025-03-03
• Conversation with Randy Economy on California, Fires, Mel Gibson, Bishop Mendez, and Gavin Newsome: Chairman, Saving California 2025-03-01
• Conversation with Mr. Tor Arne Jorgensen, Mrs. Jorgensen, David Quinn, Matthew Scillitani, Casey Scillitani on Smart People Mating and Dating 2025-02-22
• Conversation with Marc Roberge on Navigating the Margins of Existence (2) 2025-02-22
• Donald Trump and the Lost Boys 2025-02-22
• Zagreb Book Launch Exposes Pedophilia in Serbian Orthodox Church & Unveils New Union of Christians of Croatia 2025-02-15
• Can Canada Be Recognized as a Child-Friendly Country? 2025-02-15
• Conversation with Prof. Arie Perliger on Assorted Topics 2025-02-15
• Conversation with Dr. Marc-Oliver Gewaltig on Practical Applications of AI, Instead 2025-02-15
• Conversation with Bradlee Whidden on Declining Investments Facing Canadian Small Businesses 2025-02-15
• Conversation with Filip Perkon on Niche Experiential Retail 2025-02-15
• Challenging Social Mindsets in Malawi 2025-02-03
• Conversation with Paul Cooijmans on Strange Correspondence and Weird Experiences 2025-02-01
• Challenging Social Mindsets in Malawi 2025-01-30
• On High-Range Test Construction 28: Dr. Kristóf Kovács on Accuracy in IQ, Intelligence, and Cognitive Abilities 2025-01-22
• Scott Durgin, Rick Rosner, and Matthew Scillitani on Fatherhood Facts and Opinions 1: First Salvo 2025-01-22
• Conversation with Tianxiang Shao on Family and Feelings (2) 2025-01-22
• Breaking Bread with Marco Ripà on Iterated Exponentiation and the Nine Dots Problem (4) 2025-01-22
• Conversation with Jena Jake on Therapy, Coaching, and Help for Shy Guys 2025-01-22
• Conversation with Andrea McGinty on Matchmaking and Mating 2025-01-22
• Conversation with Professor Justin Lehmiller on Sexology and Human Sexuality 2025-01-22
• The Good Men Project: Interview with Dr Nicholas Jenner on Codependency Recovery 2025-01-20
• The Good Men Project: Interview with Dr Nicholas Jenner on Codependency Recovery 2025-01-20
• Conversation with Tomáš Perna on ANNs and More (6) 2025-01-15
• Conversation with Jonathan Driscoll on Escaparium and the TERPECA AWARDS 2024 2025-01-15
• Conversation with Rick Rosner on Hollywood Schmollywood 2025-01-15
• Conversation with Scott Durgin on Lots of Seemingly Random Stuff (4) 2025-01-15
• Conversation with Dr. Lawrence Krauss on Non-“Ism” Humanism and Nothing 2025-01-15
• On Politics in Canada 4: Maxime Bernier, the People’s Party of Canada 2025-01-15
• SHAPING THE FUTURE: RUSLAN SALAKHUTDINOV ON AI, AGI, AND SOCIETY 2025-01-12
• THREADS OF HERITAGE: FASHION, ADVOCACY, AND UKRAINIAN IDENTITY 2025-01-12
• BREAKING TIES: AFRICAN WOMEN FREETHINKERS ON DECONVERSION, AND COMMUNITY 2025-01-12
• EVA QUIÑONES SEGARRA: A VOICE FOR SECULARISM AND HUMANISM IN PUERTO RICO 2025-01-12
• THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR: A SNIPER’S JOURNEY THROUGH UKRAINE’S WAR 2025-01-12
• BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR UKRAINE’S RECONSTRUCTION 2025-01-12
• THE FRAGILE BALANCE: LEON LANGDON ON FREE SPEECH AND COMBATING RELIGIOUS HATRED 2025-01-12
• TELLING ETHIOPIA’S TRUTH: GEZAHEGN DEMISSIE ON SILENCE, SUFFERING, AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY 2025-01-12
• Ruslan Salakhutdinov : L’IA, l’AGI et notre futur ! 2025-01-12
• Conversation with Dr. Arnie Wendroff on Sorcery Accusations in Malawi (1) 2025-01-08
• Post-Conatus News Meander 5: Jack Ravenhill 2025-01-08
• Aisha Becker-Burrowes on UNGA-Adjacent Feminist Events 2025-01-08
• Martha Dimitratou on ‘Art, Care, & Action’ at the UNGA 2025-01-08
• Safa Ahmed on Discrimination Against Indian-American Muslims 2025-01-08
• Jennifer Wilkerson on Recommendations to Support Tradeswomen 2025-01-08
• Ask A Genius 1133: Cool Stuff From Back in the (To-?)Day 2025-01-08
• Ask A Genius 1132: What do you mean Carole isn’t a big gamer? 2025-01-08
• Ask A Genius 1131: The Lady Flat Earthed 2025-01-08
• Ask A Genius 1130: From Richlin to Information Wars 2025-01-08
• Ask A Genius 1129: Avalanche of Disinformation 2025-01-08
• Ask A Genius 1128: Older and Old Men’s Routines and Aging 2025-01-01
• Ask A Genius 1127: Kris Kristofferson Died 2025-01-01
• Ask A Genius 1126: A Day of Violence? 2025-01-01
• Ask A Genius 1125: Life and Decline 2025-01-01
• Ask A Genius 1124: Current Political Nonsense and Currency 2025-01-01
• Dr. Ramani Durvasula on Authenticity and No Contact 2025-01-01
• Papa Alioune Seck on UN Women’s ‘Gender Snapshot 2024’ 2025-01-01
• Alex Craiu on Journalism During War 2025-01-01
• Mneka Mbanje on Humanism in Zimbabwe 2025-01-01
• Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses 2025-01-01
• Interview With John Krotec of NeoMasculinity Solutions 2025-01-01
• Interview with Sam Vaknin on Legal Derivatives of Invented Technologies 2025-01-01
• Interview with Sam Vaknin on Human-Machine Interface 2025-01-01
• Interview with Sam Vaknin on the Next Era of Invention 2025-01-01
• Interview with Benoit Desjardins on Medical Professional Balance 2025-01-01
• Interview with Steven Pinker on Humanism and Campuses 2025-01-01
• Interview with Paul Cooijmans on High-range Test Construction, High-range Tests, and Statistics 2025-01-01
• Interview with Daniel Shea on High-range Test Construction and the Adaptive IQ Test  2025-01-01
• Interview with Bob Williams on Political Correctness, Career Progression, and Controversies  2025-01-01
• Melanie Sakoda o nedoličnom ponašanju pravoslavnog svećenstva 2024-12-27
• The Good Men Project – Christen Kaplan and Elizabeth Inman, Love a Wholistic Life 2024-12-25
• Interview with Allie Jackson – CEO, Atheist Republic Part 2 2024-12-25
• Atheist In The Pulpit 2024-12-25
• Interview with Allie Jackson – CEO, Atheist Republic Part 1 2024-12-25
• Who Are We To Judge People Living In Islamic Countries? 2024-12-25
• Extended Interview With ​Maryam Namazie 2024-12-25
• How Do We Defeat The Islamic Republic Of Iran? 2024-12-25
• Professor Gordon Guyatt on GRADE, Core Grade, and EBM 2024-12-24
• Jennifer Edgecombe on Movember and Prostate Health Guidelines 2024-12-24
• Dr. Seth Meyers on Narcissistic Patterns and Phenomenology 2024-12-24
• Dr. Sang Won Bae on Detecting Depression With Apps 2024-12-24
• Bill Allen on Prostate Cancer and Personal Experience in Clinical Trials 2024-12-24
• Tone Southerland, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise 2024-12-24
• Adam Potash, A Better Healthful Path 2024-12-24
• Conversation on Finding God with Claus Volko, Donald Wayne Stoner, Rick Rosner, and Tianxi Yu 2024-12-22
• Conversation with ‘Fatty White’ on I.Q. Test Leaks and Sales Gone Global, Trust Restoration, Reform, and Vanity (2) 2024-12-08
• SHAPING MODERN WARFARE: A CANADIAN FIRM’S CONTRIBUTION TO UKRAINE’S DEFENSE 2024-12-08
• AI IN WAR AND PROPAGANDA: ANNA MYSYSHYN ON DISINFORMATION, DEMOCRACY, AND DIGITAL GOVERNANCE 2024-12-08
• OLEKSANDR KALITENKO ON UKRAINE’S BATTLE FOR TRANSPARENCY 2024-12-08
• Humanists UK warns parents and schools to be wary of Operation Christmas Child 2024-12-08
• Latest research shows overwhelming support for assisted dying 2024-12-08
• Peers call for the removal of bishops from the Lords 2024-12-08
• Cross-party amendments debated to remove bishops from the Lords 2024-12-08
• Humanists UK welcomes Assisted Dying Bill  2024-12-08
• Humanists to pay tribute on Remembrance Day 2024 2024-12-08
• Humanists UK’s Curriculum and Assessment Review response: calls for RE, RSE and collective worship reform 2024-12-08
• Northern Ireland Humanists pay tribute to humanist trailblazer Anna Lo 2024-12-08
• New book ‘What I Believe’ out now 2024-12-08
• Faith to Faithless volunteer wins national helpline award 2024-12-08
• Political scientist John Curtice awarded Holyoake Lecture Medal 2024-12-08
• Government confirms VAT will be applied to private faith schools 2024-12-08
• Consent vital part of Relationships and Sexuality Education, says Northern Ireland Humanists 2024-12-08
• Abortion safe access zones come into force in England and Wales 2024-12-08
• Humanists UK mourns Lord (Lyndon) Harrison (1947-2024) 2024-12-08
• Millions to see nationwide ad campaign for book about humanism: What I Believe 2024-12-08
• Humanists UK urges ASA: don’t censor ‘sacrilegious’ images 2024-12-08
• Statement on scope of the Assisted Dying Bill 2024-12-08
• Humanists UK welcomes amendments to remove bishops from House of Lords 2024-12-08
• Cross-party peers call for immediate legal recognition of humanist marriages 2024-12-08
• MPs from across the Commons challenge place of bishops in the Lords 2024-12-08
• Assisted Dying Bill has its first reading 2024-12-08
• New poll shows every constituency backs assisted dying 2024-12-08
• ‘This really is a historic moment’, Humanists UK comments on Assisted Dying Bill first reading 2024-12-08
• Six hard-hitting facts about faith schools 2024-12-08
• Historic vote on assisted dying – 29 November 2024-12-08
• Conservative Humanists vow to keep freedom of religion or belief on party’s agenda 2024-12-08
• Religious abuse isn’t just individual acts – it’s systemic | Faith to Faithless Apostasy Conference 2024 2024-12-08
• Private Christian schools to take legal action against UK Government’s VAT plans 2024-12-08
• Kenya: court ruling a boost for secularism in the country 2024-12-08
• Humanists call for equal representation in dialogue with Council of the EU 2024-12-08
• Humanists International submission cited by United Nations Secretary-General 2024-12-08
• Our Students Face the Next Wave of Christian Nationalism’s Agenda 2024-12-08
• Fighting Project 2025 and Youth Voter Suppression 2024-12-08
• Standing for Reproductive Rights on Campus 2024-12-08
• ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION ABANDONS CHAPLAIN’S MANUAL 2024-12-08
• Request School Boards to Play Instrumental Versions of O Canada only. Protect Students’ Right to Freedom From Religion 2024-12-08
• SPECIAL FUND: SUPPORT SGT. “BOB’S” HUMAN RIGHTS FIGHT ON OUR BEHALF 2024-12-08
• Why Was This Groundbreaking Study on DEI (showing how it increases racism) Silenced? 2024-12-08
• Schools must adapt or become obsolete says head of Toronto’s new “Peace School” 2024-12-08
• Science and Storytelling at NABT 2024-12-08
• Texas to encourage teaching Genesis in kindergarten 2024-12-08
• Help wanted: science education specialist 2024-12-08
• NCSE honored with Outstanding Service to Environmental Education award 2024-12-08
• NCSE’s Branch calls for support for climate change educators in Pennsylvania 2024-12-08
• Michael Ruse, influential historian and philosopher of biology, dies at 84 2024-12-08
• NCSE leads successful My COAST event 2024-12-08
• NABT condemns efforts to ban “controversial” topics in science 2024-12-08
• J. Marshall Shepherd honored for excellence in science communication 2024-12-08
• Random Samples with Prosanta Chakrabarty 2024-12-08
• [Review] Integrating Racial Justice into Your High-School Biology Classroom 2024-12-08
• RNCSE 44:4 now online 2024-12-08
• How to support climate change education in your state’s schools: Advice from eight lawmakers 2024-12-08
• Post-Conatus News Meander 4: Rakshit Sharma 2024-12-08
• DataWISE not Data-Foolish 2024-12-08
• Study coauthored by NCSE’s Branch featured in Bloomberg 2024-12-08
• We’re Living Through a Historic Time – Now What do we do About It? 2024-12-08
• Heretic on the Hill: Getting Ready For 2025 (the year not the Project) 2024-12-08
• Heretic on the Hill: I’m Mr. Brightside, Sort Of 2024-12-08
• Stand with Us Against the Rising Tide of Christian Nationalism 2024-12-08
• From the Intern Desk: Imagine There Is A Bear Chasing You, A Wake-Up Call for Secular Citizens 2024-12-08
• Choosing the Future 2024-12-08
• A Few Things to Read on the Election 2024-12-08
• Heretic on the Hill: A Tale of Two Campaign Speeches 2024-12-08
• From the Intern Desk: The Camouflaging Semantics of Project 2025 2024-12-08
• MRFF Action Compels National Cemetery to Keep Jewish Veteran’s Grave Safe from Desecration by Wreaths Across America 2024-12-08
• Associated Press Article on SECDEF Pick Pete Hegseth Features Mikey Weinstein and MRFF Advisory Board Member Larry Wilkerson 2024-12-08
• NPR Network’s Extremely American Host Heath Druzin Interviews MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein On Pete Hegseth For The Idaho Capital Sun 2024-12-08
• On Point Podcast/Radio Show on NPR Interviews Mikey Weinstein for MRFF’s Response to Trump’s Pick for DOD Secretary 2024-12-08
• Video Message from Mikey Weinstein on Trump Firing “Woke” Generals and Christian Supremacist Pick for SECDEF 2024-12-08
• Video Message from MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein: “We are going nowhere. We will continue to fight.” 2024-12-08
• MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed on the Threat of Christian Nationalism in Our United States Military at “The Humanist” 2024-12-08
• MRFF Helps USAF Squad Commanders Stop Group Commander from Forcing Airmen to Watch Gruesome Christian Movie 2024-12-08
• Pentagon General Exposed by MRFF as NAR Adherent Also Tied to Election Deniers and Jan. 6 Supporters 2024-12-08
• A step toward greater transparency from “crisis pregnancy centres” 2024-12-08
• Humanists argue for ex-religious privacy rights at BC Court of Appeal 2024-12-08
• Vancouver’s faith based housing motion undermines duty of neutrality 2024-12-08
• Report: Saskatchewan Municipalities Including Unconstitutional Prayer in Meetings 2024-12-08
• AHA Announces Board Member Election Results 2024-12-08
• Staying Vigilant 2024-12-08
• Project 2025 Upends Reproductive Freedoms 2024-12-08
• Pakistani Police Step In to Protect Accused in Blasphemy Arrest 2024-12-08
• An update on the Tahir Naseem case 2024-12-08
• Iran’s plan to send women to “hijab clinics” for defying Islamic dress code 2024-12-08
• Blasphemy arrests are on the rise in Pakistan 2024-12-08
• Conversation with Dr. Sandra Schlick on Representation, Women, Academia, and High-IQ 2024-12-01
• Post-Conatus News Meander 3: Nicola Young Jackson 2024-12-01
• JOURNALISM IN PERIL: SAID NAJIB ASIL ON SUPPORTING AFGHAN JOURNALISTS 2024-11-26
• CANADIAN UKRAINIANS: AMPLIFYING VOICES AMID WAR 2024-11-26
• Controversy in Intellectual/Political Life: An Interview with Robert Jensen 2024-11-26
• Conversation with ‘Fatty White’ on Selling I.Q. Test Answers 2024-11-22
• On High-Range Test Construction 27: Bob Williams, The Flynn Effect: A testing phenomenon, not psychometric g 2024-11-22
• Conversation with Yaniv Hozez on Views and Life: Member, OlympIQ Society 2024-11-22
• Post-Conatus News Meander 2: Prof. Robert Jensen 2024-11-22
• On High-Range Test Construction 26: Marco Ripà and Roberto Enea, DynamIQ 2024-11-22
• Post-Conatus News Meander 1: Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert  2024-11-22
• On High-Range Test Construction 25: Patrick Liljegren 2024-11-22
• On High-Range Test Construction 24: Alex Tolio 2024-11-22
• Abortion law in Texas is an attack on human rights  2024-11-22
• On High-Range Test Construction 23: Hindemburg Melão Jr., A Ratio Scale for Cognitive Testing 2024-11-22
• Conversation with Reuven Kotleras on Views, Life, and Love (1) 2024-11-22
• Conversation with Dr. Susan Chuang on the 2024 International Conference on Men and Families 2024-11-22