Monthly Archives: July 2011

This is Why Dave Silverman Rocks

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

American Atheists‘ President Dave Silverman recently appeared (sans goatee) on Fox & Friends to discuss Texas Governor Rick Perry‘s upcoming Pray-a-thon. He handled himself beautifully: This clip should be mandatory viewing for classes on How to Handle the Media. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Lawsuits, Politics | 29 Comments

Stop Calling Ricky Gervais’ New Show An ‘Atheist Comedy’

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Haven’t we learned anything from The God Delusion? Weren’t we all supposed to have our consciousness raised? Don’t we know that TV shows shouldn’t be given a religious (or non-religious) label before it’s ready to make that decision on its … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Pop Culture | 10 Comments

Obama Asked About Faith-Based Religious Discrimination

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Earlier this morning, President Obama did a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland and when it came time for the Q&A session, guess who was first up? Amanda Knief, the Government Relations Manager for the Secular Coalition for … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics, Secular Student Alliance | 33 Comments

Christian Strangers with Candy

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

What’s scarier: A stranger offering your child candy or a stranger offering your child candy and a Bible verse? Kathleen Crowe says her nine-year-old daughter Angeline was playing in MacEwan park last week when she was approached by a couple … Continue reading →

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Interview with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and Host of NOVA scienceNOW

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

I can cross this off my Bucket List now. Last week, I had a chance to sit down with Neil deGrasse Tyson at The Amazing Meeting 9 in Las Vegas. We discussed the future of the space program and science … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Interviews, Science | 14 Comments

Ireland’s Reaction to the Cloyne Report

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

A week ago, in Ireland, the Cloyne report (PDF) was published. The report discussed how the Catholic Church responded to abuse allegations in recent years — recent! — and it turns out (surprise!) they haven’t changed one bit. Among the … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 26 Comments

Jen’s 2011 Blogathon for the Secular Student Alliance

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Jen McCreight is doing her annual 24-hour Blogathon to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance this weekend. She’s starting at 7:00a (PST) on Saturday and posting something every 30 minutes. It’s all for a good cause, so if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General, Secular Student Alliance | 6 Comments

Is There a Better Word?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

What do you do when saying “I accept evolution” doesn’t convey the overwhelming weight of the evidence to support it? You can read the punchline here, by the way. … Every high school science teacher should just put the same … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 30 Comments

The First Couple Wasn’t Adam and Eve…

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Myq Kaplan is one of the smartest comedians you’ll hear and he appeared on Conan last night. The whole clip is awesome, but around the 2:23 mark in the clip below, he gets into some hilarious material about homosexuality and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Humor | 12 Comments

New Orleans Pastor Used Large Chunk of $250,000 Katrina Relief Money to Help Himself

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

I’ll set you up: A church near New Orleans was given $250,000 to help build “low-income housing for recovering addicts.” Take a wiiiiiild guess how this story ends. Yep! You’re right. Not all the money was used for the intended … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Lawsuits, Politics | 20 Comments