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November 2008

November 07, 2008
A few months ago, a theist contacted me by e-mail to claim that her church,...
November 05, 2008
The votes have been cast, the balloons have come down, the champagne has popped and...
November 03, 2008
As the world's eyes turn to America and tomorrow's election, I just have to join...
November 02, 2008
One of the surest marks of a pseudoscience is that it stays forever the same,...

October 2008

October 31, 2008
I awoke from my sleep with a start. It had been a long and wearisome...
October 29, 2008
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain...
October 27, 2008
In the 2004 American presidential campaign, the label "Massachusetts liberal" was used as an epithet...
October 26, 2008
Today's post on morality concerns environmental conservation and sustainability. Human civilization has historically behaved (and...
October 24, 2008
I've been reading this account of a disciplinary hearing against the odious John Freshwater, an...
October 22, 2008
In "All Possible Worlds", I wrote about the various religious responses to the problem of...
October 21, 2008
I'm very pleased to announce that reader David Cabrera has volunteered to translate some of...
October 20, 2008
This just keeps getting better and better. Earlier this month, I wrote about the Senate...
October 19, 2008
Today's Poetry Sunday features the British poet Stevie Smith. The Literary Encyclopedia calls her "one...
October 18, 2008
This comment was left on a different post by a visitor calling himself Ty: I...
October 17, 2008
Before now, I've written two previous posts offering, and soliciting, advice for atheist readers who've...
October 15, 2008
In last year's post "The Default", I quoted this astonishing concession from theist Andrew Sullivan:...
October 14, 2008
Around this time last year, I wrote a post titled "On Atheist Janitors", addressing an...
October 13, 2008
I woke up this weekend to the extremely welcome news that the State of Connecticut...
October 12, 2008
Although I get my share of kook mail, I'd much rather share the truly inspiring...
October 10, 2008
In April, I wrote about religious exemptions from child abuse laws, and today I want...
October 08, 2008
In last month's post on the contributions of freethinkers, I outlined the life of the...
October 07, 2008
No, I'm not kidding. In August, you may recall, I wrote a post titled "Why...
October 06, 2008
(Editor's Note: The following review was solicited and is written in accordance with this site's...
October 05, 2008
The other day, I got this piece of mail soliciting donations for a "Thanksgiving meal...
October 03, 2008
In "The Rapture and the Fig Tree", I wrote about how end-times believers are always...
October 02, 2008
As reported by Americans United, thirty-three religious right churches endorsed Republican politicians from the pulpit...
October 01, 2008
The other week, I received an excellent suggestion from a Daylight Atheism commenter via e-mail....

September 2008

September 29, 2008
One of the most common complaints leveled against Richard Dawkins (and other atheist writers) is...
September 27, 2008
It's often been observed that atheism, or at least outspoken atheism, seems rarer among America's...
September 25, 2008
The growth of atheism is coming at the expense of religion. As freethought makes gains...
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