China is spying on Muslims in unbelievable ways. Drones disguised as realistic birds. GPS trackers around pilgrims' necks during the hajj. And that's just the tip of the iceberg:

1 million Muslims, if not more, are being held right now in internment camps.

I wrote about the very sudden, very intense feud between Canada and Saudi Arabia.

Denmark banned the burqa and niqab this week. There's no evidence that these bans promote integration, public safety or gender equality, and plenty of evidence that they backfire. So why do countries keep repeating the pattern? My latest for The Atlantic:

Love this photo showing off my novel's cool new cover - this is the edition that just came out in Italy, thanks to Keller Editore. So happy THE MYSTICS OF MILE END is now available in 3 languages: English, French, Italian.

If you like reading fiction about mysticism, madness, and mathematics, this is the book for you.

Yes, Canadians have a gun problem. No, the U.S. is not the country we should be comparing ourselves to.

My new article for The Atlantic.

"I feel deeply uncomfortable that one of my models accidentally produced a criterion for killing religious leaders.”

In my latest article for The Atlantic, I interviewed AI researchers who are building computer models aimed at predicting our religious behavior. Please share if you find it interesting.

My novel has just come out in Italian, thanks to Keller Editore! The press in Italy has already had some really sweet things to say—my favorite review so far calls it "a beautiful and crazy novel."

If you know people who enjoy reading fiction in Italian, please help me by bringing this book to their attention :)

Richard Dawkins said church bells sound "so much nicer than the aggressive-sounding ‘Allahu Akhbar.’” I talked to some linguists who had interesting things to say about that:

Even religiously unaffiliated Americans are more religious than European Christians. My report on a surprising new study:

Why has Canada started rejecting more refugee claims from migrants who cross the U.S.-Canada border on foot? It's actually NOT illegal to cross this way. My latest:

Ritual Design Lab creates bespoke rituals for secular people. No religion? No problem. Or so Silicon Valley says.

My latest for The Atlantic:

My thoughts on incel and violence against women in Canada.

An indigenous survivor I interviewed told me: “Canada in its very founding as a nation-state is based in gender-based violence ... People will be more likely to pay attention because this was in Toronto—in an urban center where there’s a lot of wealth. … Some lives are worth more than others in this country.”

My latest for The Atlantic. I spoke to Peter Singer and other moral philosophers about this question:

The Vatican hosted a hackathon this month—and that's just one example of the budding romance between the Catholic Church and Silicon Valley. My latest for The Atlantic: