I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Cory Doctorow’s novel “Walkaway.” It came out in 2017, which feels like a lifetime ago and was his first adult novel in years.

Now that 4th of July is over, you are probably beginning to plan your annual “holiday” campaigns. You say “holiday,” but I’m guessing that you really mean Christmas. And that’s okay. It’s where the money is, right? 70% of the country identifies as Christian. But that leaves 30% of the…

I am Jewish. Being Jewish is not “just religion” — it’s my ethnicity. To get specific , I’m an Ashkenazi Jew. I am also white, although white supremacists certainly don’t think I’m white. But more on “conditional whiteness” later. I have been literally spit on, verbally attacked, asked where my…

Brands, in many ways, are new religions. Not all brands reach “religion” status, but many try. Just think about any brand you’ve heard referred to as having “cult” status? If you’ve read or watched Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, or the film Dogma, or read any of the many articles written…