Who needs drugs or alcohol when you have magic? Penn Jillette decided drugs were not for him when he was 14 years old and he saw very smart people abusing […]

Penn says his tolerance for crazy people “is I think as high a tolerance as you’re ever going to find.”

The magician explains his libertarian beliefs and why President Obama should be “questioned and beat up.”

Religion can cause “good people to do bad things,” but Penn Jillette gets along better with fundamentalists than with liberal Christians who preach easy tolerance.

Author and magician Penn Jillette explains how his studiousness as a teenager led to his becoming an atheist.

“Same way Kennedy prepared for his debates: with a blow job and a cup of coffee,” jokes the magician.

When the Penn watches televised magic, he has “a very real sense” that he’s watching different takes stuck together.

“Damn similar to how it is now,” says Penn.

Penn and long-time partner Teller are best friends, but their relationship is based on respect rather than love.

A conversation with the magician.

Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]

Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]

Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]

Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]

The size of the Jewish community in America is a quantum leap from what it is in any European country—and its sheer scale makes it more “exciting.”

The modern incarnation of anti-Jewish sentiment is “demonic anti-Zionism,” which is focused on Israel, rather than on Jews as individuals.

Jews have developed a negative self-image in the wake of the Holocaust, defining themselves as a people apart, nature’s victims.

The U.K.’s top rabbi hopes to make the country’s Jewish voice “much more self-confident and willing to engage with the world.”

A conversation with the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom.

If people are able to work fewer hours in the labor market, it means they can take that freed up time and begin meeting their needs in new ways that […]

As a society, we need to invest in areas and activities that we’ve been neglecting: our communities, our families, and our planet.

A conversation with the Boston College sociologist and economist.

An Internet addict warns that a large number of people already suffer from social network addiction.

We don’t weigh the costs and benefits when we’re tempted to text while driving.

Focusing on the struggles of an individual appeals to our emotions and makes us care. As the numbers of people suffering get bigger, our cognition, calculation, and thoughtfulness are activated—and […]

From U.S. elections to fishing markets in Kenya to baby names, Internet technology is changing our choices and behavior daily.

Polling random people can be “incredibly useful as a persuasive attempt to tell people what to do,” but not really as a way to find out information.

More and more people are going to make fairly formal calculations to reward spaces and services that offer privacy as an option.

The world would be a terrible place if everybody acted rationally all the time.

Our two great visions of leadership — the grand visionary and the micro-manager — no longer make sense.