Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), the liberal favorite, spoke to the Netroots Nation, the big convention of left-leaning bloggers and activists. She answered the question “What does it mean to be a progressive?” by listing 11 beliefs that will probably form the framework of a progressive
We blogged about how new evidence is casting doubt on the existence of the universe. Scientists have also discovered a massive discrepancy between the amount of light that we can detect and the amount of light produced by galaxies and quasars. The two are off
Atheists are getting organized politically, to the point of forming a Political Action Committee that will endorse candidates, give them money, and organize grass-root support for their campaigns. Already the PAC, known as the Freethought Equality Fund, has endorsed four Congressional candidates. (more…)
One federal appeals court threw out the Obamacare subsidies, but hours later, another federal appeals court upheld them! (more…)
Scientists admit that there has been no global warming between 1998 and 2013, even though the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has continued to increase. A new study claims to account for this so-called “pause” in global warming. It turns out, there are
Chad Bird lists six things that he does NOT want said at his funeral. (more…)
Some are saying a “Christian holocaust” may be on the verge of breaking out in Iraq. Reportedly, the Islamic State/ISIS is painting an “N”–for “Nazarene”–on the homes of the Christians remaining in Mosul to mark them for whatever is going to come next. Douglas Farrow
Gordon College, a respected Christian institution, is under fire for asking for a religious exemption from the president’s executive order that no one doing business with the government may discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. The Hobby Lobby decision allowing a religious exemption for
A Baylor study has found that people who attend churches that teach God’s presence in the workplace and the like have better job satisfaction, higher commitment to their work, and a stronger entrepreneurial spirit. But is this really what the doctrine of vocation is all
According to the first large-scale study of the question, only 1.6% of American adults identified themselves as being gay or lesbian. Almost half as many, .7%, said they were bisexual. It had earlier been assumed that the percentage of homosexuals in the population was at
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