There is a building near the corner of Broadway and Park Place in New York City, occupying a spot either two or three blocks north of the edge of the World Trade Center reconstruction site depending on how you count… Continue Reading
David Makoeya was a 61-year-old man who lived in Limpopo Province, Republic of South Africa. Like any sports fan would be, he was excited about the world’s biggest sporting event coming to his nation, and he wanted to watch Germany… Continue Reading
An all-too-commonly heard claim is that this nation was founded on “Judeo-Christian principles,” that its laws are based on the Ten Commandments (hereinafter the “Decalogue”), and that the founding of this “Christian nation” was accomplished by Christian men who undertook… Continue Reading
You know, I have to feel sorry for the church whose famous six-story statue of Jesus arising from a reflecting pool was struck by lightning and burned to its metal skeleton yesterday. No, really, I do. It was an expensive… Continue Reading
An ongoing subject of some contention here is the recurrent question of the religion of the Founders. I point Readers interested in that discussion to a very interesting piece on George Washington and his manner of expressing religious feelings: Here… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court today handed down a case in which they made it clear that a criminal suspect must invoke his Miranda rights or they are waived. While that sounds bad at first blush, on the facts of the case,… Continue Reading
“Taxonomy” is an intimidating-sounding word for a simple task — naming things. It’s easy, and it’s helpful in navigating the world. For instance, real quick — what is this building? No, this isn’t a trick question. That’s a church, St.… Continue Reading
At The Atheist Experience, I find a set of six ‘questions’ from Ravi Zacharias, an evangelical Christian apologist. Matt D. at Atheist Experience does a fine job on his own behalf and I commend his thoughts on the issues Zacharias… Continue Reading
The guy’s a little harsher on former Gov. Palin than I would have been, and there’s nothing particularly new here by way of source material. But I’d point you to look at the larger point rather than the snark: The… Continue Reading