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November 17, 2011
See You At Skepticon!
As I mentioned earlier, I'll be at Skepticon IV this weekend in Springfield, Missouri, and...
November 17, 2011
Intelligence Squared: Would the World Be Better Without Religion?
On Tuesday night, I attended a debate at NYU's Skirball Center that was part of...
November 16, 2011
Are Arab Countries Ready for Democracy?
In a previous post, I wrote about the Arab Spring's effect on women and and...
November 14, 2011
Birth Control Can Save the World
The world population, by U.N. estimates, has just surpassed seven billion, and it's growing even...
November 12, 2011
Weekend Coffee: November 12
Here's some miscellany to accompany your morning coffee: • 70 major U.S. corporations and civic...
November 11, 2011
Can an Atheist Be a Unitarian Universalist? (Part 2)
In my previous post, I quoted the letter I wrote to John Buehrens, Unitarian Universalist...
November 10, 2011
Anti-Atheist Prejudice at the Polls
My latest article has been posted on AlterNet, Why Is Atheism a Bigger Obstacle to...
November 09, 2011
Can an Atheist Be a Unitarian Universalist? (Part 1)
As I've mentioned in the past, my wife and I have for several years been...
November 07, 2011
More Christians Defending Genocide
The professional debater William Lane Craig has been putting on a great show of offense...
November 05, 2011
Weekend Coffee: November 5
On my old site, I had regular link roundups for all the stories I saw...
November 04, 2011
Donate Organs, Save Lives
The other day I came across this article from Bloomberg News, from which I learned...
November 02, 2011
Sand Grains on a Distant Shore
In his book Unweaving the Rainbow, Richard Dawkins opens with an arresting analogy: "We are...
October 2011
October 31, 2011
Is the Arab Spring Hurting Arab Women?
While protests continue to rage in Syria and a new government takes shape in Libya,...
October 28, 2011
Moving the Overton Window
When I tell people that I'm an atheist, I'm often asked if I think that...
October 26, 2011
Governing by the Happiness Index
I've often written about the moral system I advocate, which I've dubbed universal utilitarianism. Although...
October 24, 2011
Secular Help for Trafficking Survivors
I've written in the past about the phenomenon of people who think that their religious...
October 23, 2011
Is America a Christian Nation?
This essay was previously published on AlterNet. In a campaign speech in September, Rick Perry...
October 21, 2011
Did the American Cancer Society Refuse Atheist Money?
Charities that depend on donations and fund-raising to survive have it hard enough in the...
October 20, 2011
It’s the End of the World As We Know It (Again)
My friends, I have to confess an unpardonable lapse of judgment. I have some very...
October 19, 2011
Worshipping the Holy Hair Dryer
My previous post, "The Blinding Fog of Religious Moderation", drew some criticism from people who...
October 17, 2011
It’s About Time a Bishop Was Indicted
As regular readers know, I've devoted considerable time to writing about the child-molestation scandal engulfing...
October 13, 2011
The World Is Just Awesome
One of the major changes that's come with the new site is that here, every...
October 13, 2011
How Can Atheists Console Religious Believers?
I got this e-mail from a reader, which I was asked to pass along in...
October 12, 2011
The Venoms of Armageddon Evangelism and Their Antidotes
Guest post by Samantha Eliza Benten Back in May (when the world ended... remember?), the...
October 11, 2011
American Secularism and Christian Tolerance
My recent post on the godlessness of the Constitution has attracted some attention. Over the...
October 10, 2011
The Blinding Fog of Religious Moderation
The author Sam Harris was, to my knowledge, the first of the New Atheists to...
October 09, 2011
Penn Jillette: Is Libertarianism Compatible with Atheism?
Penn Jillette is a larger-than-life figure in every way, including but hardly limited to his...
October 06, 2011
Is America a Christian Nation?
My latest article has been posted on AlterNet, Conservatives Want America to be a "Christian...
October 05, 2011
Bringing Light Into Dark Places
My inaugural post on Big Think drew a wide range of opinions from commenters. (New...
October 04, 2011
Welcome to Daylight Atheism
Welcome, all, to the new Daylight Atheism! I'm pleased to be officially joining Big Think...
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