Category: Featured
Intimidated of Our Own Scripture
This is a strange thing for a Sikh to confess. I used to be really intimidated by our scripture – the Guru Granth Sahib. I would feel unworthy sitting before the Guru, and I was absolutely terr... Read More
A Failed Interfaith Encounter at Starbucks
Here is a story about why deep thinking about religious pluralism doesn’t get you out of tight spots with actual people. The scene: I am at a Starbucks in San Diego sipping my giant American coffee ... Read More
Google, Artificial Intelligence, and What Makes Us Human
While the debate about internet-based technologies and the plasticity of the brain rages on, we find ourselves drawn to Google’s quest to master artificial intelligence. What kind of brains are we ... Read More
A Drash on this week’s Parsha, Parashat Pinchas
The daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah—are first mentioned in the 27th chapter of the Book of Numbers. Their bold and necessary petition to Moses changed the laws of i... Read More
Islamophobia, Sikhophobia, and Media Profiling
In fact, the first casualty of a hate crime in post-9/11 America was a Sikh-American named Balbir Singh Sodhi. According to official reports, his murderer said he killed Sodhi because "he was dark-ski... Read More
Faith in Space
When it comes to believing that Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi-horror classic Alien is one of the best movies of its kind ever, I have discovered that I am not alone in the universe. I have also dis... Read More
The Wronging Of Alan Turing: Sex, Shame, and the Complexity of a Human Being
Are you reading this on a computer? Then thank the guy on the left. The prosecution of computer science pioneer Alan Turing for homosexuality under Great Britain's indecency laws is a modern example o... Read More
How a Humanist Found Redemption
“You’ll find the next patient interesting Tom, I think he is a lifer.” I grabbed the patient’s chart to assess his clinical history. As I looked up previous lab values and problems, I stumbled... Read More