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December 2012

December 10, 2012

David Horowitz Loses His Cool

My friend Bonnie Bucqueroux, an excellent journalist in Lansing, went to a talk by David...

December 10, 2012

Harold Camping 2: Electric Bugaloo

Remember Hal Lindsay? Before Harold Camping made himself an international laughing stock with an inaccurate...

December 10, 2012

Religion Primary Basis For Opposing Marriage Equality

From the Department of the Incredibly Obvious, a new Gallup poll shows that religion is...

December 10, 2012

Theocrats Still Confusing Orientation and Acts

The bigots at Liberty Counsel have released a meme on Facebook that pretends that they...

December 10, 2012

Stephen Baldwin Arrested Again

Stephen Baldwin, the dumbest and least talented of the Baldwin brothers, has been arrested yet...

December 10, 2012

The Legacy of Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck, one of the true legends of jazz, died on Wednesday, the day before...

December 10, 2012

Bryan Fischer Award Nominee: Mat Staver

To the title of Worst Lawyer in America Not Named Larry Klayman (or Orly Taitz),...

December 10, 2012

Boykin: Obama Bases Policy on Communist Manifesto

Deranged lunatic and former general Jerry Boykin appeared at an event put on by David...

December 10, 2012

Inhofe: Obama Wants to Disband the Military

James Inhofe is not only the dumbest and craziest person in the U.S. Senate today,...

December 10, 2012

Obama’s Coming for the Guns!

The right wing, apparently thinking that Bob Costas is an important policy maker in Congress,...

December 10, 2012

Theocrat Calls AHA an ‘Extremist’ Group

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) is one of the most determined theocrats in Congress, constantly looking...

December 09, 2012

DeMint Leaving Senate for Heritage

In a bit of surprising news, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina has announced that...

December 09, 2012

Ray Comfort Takes on Billy Joel

Ray Comfort now has a weekly column at the Worldnutdaily, which is the perfect place...

December 09, 2012

The Ten Craziest Worldnutdaily Stories

If there's anyone who reads the Worldnutdaily -- and a variety of other far-right sources...

December 09, 2012

Learn Philosophy in Your Spare Time

Former FTBer and friend Dan Fincke has an idea that kind of fascinates me. He's...

December 09, 2012

Tyson on the Illusion of Universal Purpose

Neil DeGrasse Tyson narrates a cool video about the question of a purposeful universe, correctly...

December 08, 2012

Jurisdiction and the DOMA Case

Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog explains some of what confused me about the Supreme Court's order...

December 08, 2012

Great Epitaphs

When a friend on Facebook the other day quoted some particularly snarky thing I'd said,...

December 08, 2012

Remembering the Great Evolution Hoax

During Jason Thibeault and JT Eberhard's gameapalooza event, I logged on with them on Skype...

December 08, 2012

Ken Miller on Intelligent Design

Came across this old speech again and it's worth reposting. It's a talk by Ken...

December 08, 2012

For the Love of Cliches

I've always been fascinated by cliches. 25 years ago, my best friend and I actually...

December 08, 2012

Look, It’s A New Look

We've rolled out the redesign sitewide now, as you can probably see. I'm sure there...

December 07, 2012

SCOTUS Will Hear Marriage Equality Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a widely anticipated move, has agreed to hear appeals in...

December 07, 2012

Ashley Attracts Dumbest Commenter Ever

Ashley Miller's post about her father disowning her because she's dating a black man has...

December 07, 2012

Douthat’s WTF Statement on Having Children

The birthrate in the United States has apparently hit a new low, which is causing...

December 07, 2012

Conflicting Rulings on CA Reversion Therapy Ban

Federal judges in two separate lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the recently passed law in...

December 07, 2012

Worldnutdaily Declares War on Christmas!

Well isn't this interesting? The Worldnutdaily has apparently declared a war on Christmas with an...

December 07, 2012

Netherlands Almost Ready to Remove Blasphemy Laws

The Dutch parliament is considering a bill that would remove that nation's blasphemy laws, which...

December 07, 2012

Seriously, Ted. Just Shut Up.

I grew up listening to Ted Nugent's music. I still like some of the early...

December 07, 2012

Why Standing Up For Your Rights is Important

I wrote the other day about Blake Page, the West Point cadet who resigned from...

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