America finally has its first openly atheist Congressman in the modern era of politics. Maybe ever. Fourtney “Pete” Stark has “come out” with a public admission of his nontheism. However, he still insists that he is a Unitarian, albeit one… Continue Reading
Now this is my kind of money. Why this isn’t done on all money is bothersome — hardly the gravest problem facing the country, to be sure, but irritating all the same. Come on, believers — do you really think… Continue Reading
An interesting survey found via Instapundit: Given a choice between Presidential candidates from the following set of minority groups, which do you think fared best, and which fared worse: Catholics,* Mormons, atheists, people over the age of 72,† Latinos, Blacks,… Continue Reading
A 29-year old man who lives in Malaysia has discovered that he is actualy the descendant of Chinese parents. All well and good, except now he wants to renounce Islam and become a Buddhist. My first reaction is, “It’s an… Continue Reading
An attorney at the firm asked me today if I’d found any groups in the area since moving here that I wanted to join. The Wife has done well in this regard, having found a Toastmasters group that she likes.… Continue Reading
I don’t know if this sort of thing is a good idea or not. I’m thinking not.
I commend to you, Loyal Readers, a marvellous column printed in the Christmas Eve edition of the Los Angeles Fish Wrapper.
An interesting observation in the New York Times: Of the top four charitable givers in United States history, three were or are nonbelievers (self-described atheists or agnostics): Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Andrew Carnegie. The fourth is John D. Rockefeller,… Continue Reading
There are fewer better explainers of evolution than Richard Dawkins. There are also fewer bigger critics of religion than he, and perhaps it’s no wonder. No field of science has been attacked more directly, consistently, or successfully than evolution in… Continue Reading
Many people suggest that atheists are necessarily barred from holding high political office by virtue of the unpopularity of their world view. Whether that is true or not today, the fact remains that at least one freethinker has achieved high… Continue Reading