A lot of other law blogs have discussed this recent case. So have a lot of other atheist blogs. And of course, blogs by atheist lawyers have been all over it — except for mine, at least up until now.… Continue Reading
No shelter. When Steve Harvey goes on the Tyra Banks show and tells women not to date atheist men, he’s being a bigot: You sitting up there talking to a dude and he tells you he’s an atheist, you need… Continue Reading
There is no objective, external purpose to your existence. This is a good thing. Theists will tell you, again and again, that “God has a plan.” When something really awful happens to you, they tell you this as a means… Continue Reading
Here’s a breach of contract suit from Germany. Question — should the plaintiff prevail? Seems like there was a mutual mistake here. You can’t say that the guy didn’t put in an honest effort in an attempt to, um, perform.
Sometimes you stumble across stuff that just sort of defies description.
In his remarkable book The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins describes using some basic — literally, BASIC — computer programming in the early 1980’s to analyze a couple of criticisms leveled at evolution. The first was the idea that random mutations… Continue Reading
Top story this morning on memeorandum — Republican Congressman Eric Cantor of Virginia, who holds a leadership position in the House (he’s the House Minority Whip, which means he is supposed to tell other House Republicans how the party wants… Continue Reading
There’s a rule that jurors are only supposed to consider the evidence presented to them at a trial, and not do independent research into the subject matter of a case they are asked to decide. This rule is there for… Continue Reading
…then listen to Bill O’Reilly read the sex scenes from his already-creepy book out loud. [author whimpers, shudders]
In a bid to increase revenues, the State Board of Equalization took a look at ultra-sweet “malt liquor beverages” like Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice, and any remaining bottles of the clear, oddly-sweet-yet-undelicious alcholoic soda known amongst my law school… Continue Reading