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March 2011

March 03, 2011

Atheists As Fundamentalists: A False Equation

I’m a big fan of columnist Leonard Pitts. But when he’s wrong, he’s wrong. In...

March 01, 2011

Atheism Is Not A Religion

Here’s proof positive that you can be an atheist and still be a wackadoodle. The...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Secular Students Stonewalled At Public Schools

Greta Christina has an important piece on AlterNet about the push back that secular student...

February 23, 2011

Reply To Aish Rabbi’s “Open Letter To The Atheist Community”

Between busy-ness at work, some ill health and time with family, I have not been...

February 16, 2011

Good Pointers For Advancing The Non-Theistic Message

I’m not the type to give tips to my fellow non-theists and secular humanists. We...

February 15, 2011

Not Quite Wrestling With God

Last night I participated in a program for a local Reform temple’s youth group called...

February 14, 2011

Atheist Family Destroyers, Inc.

Over at the paleo-conservative site, Townhall.com, criminology professor Mike Adams has finally explained his never-ending...

February 10, 2011

Post-Theistic Religion©

Another non-theistic reinterpretation of religion has been published by a fellow named Bo Bennett. According...

February 08, 2011

Church Of England Declares War On New Atheism

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has given his backing to a draft report calling upon...

February 04, 2011

An Atheist Rabbi? Yes. A Creationist Scientist? Not So Much.

As one who has sometimes felt compelled to defend the use of the title rabbi...

February 01, 2011

The Stoopid…It Hurts! Frivolous Lawsuit Edition

Some of you have probably heard about the new federal lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania by...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

Artistic Tribute To Non-Theistic Heroes By The Jewmanist

Check out these awesome posters at the Jewmanist! Rose Schwartz (who was very encouraging with...

January 26, 2011

America Just Can’t Handle The Truth!

By now everyone has heard Ricky Gervais’ funny sign-off from the Golden Globes broadcast when...

January 20, 2011

An Atheist Minister And Atheist Rabbi Walk Into A…

When I worked at the University of Illinois (U-C) Hillel, I had a very nice...

January 12, 2011

Sam Harris vs. Rabbi David Wolpe

Yesterday I listened to a debate between Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe. It’s not...

January 10, 2011

Just How Angry Can One Be At A Literary Creation?

CNN reported last week about Case Western University research psychologist Julie Exline’s study about anger...

January 05, 2011

The Case For Theism Is A “Fraud”

Somehow I missed this when it went viral in the blogosphere. University of Houston professor,...

January 05, 2011

Hey Fatso!

Being self-conscious about my own lifelong struggle with excess weight, I wasn’t going to post...

December 2010

December 24, 2010

We Weren’t Talking To You!

There's a stereotypical ignorant kind of atheist hater that really stupefies me. I will endeavor...

December 18, 2010

Good Without God? Shut Your Pie Hole!

What is so horrifying to Christians about the simple message that “Millions of people are...

December 15, 2010

For South Floridians Interested In The Coalition Of Reason

If you live in the Greater Miami area and are interested in starting a branch...

December 12, 2010

Damn Those Overrated Gays And Atheists!

Mark Juddery, who styles himself a judge of all things overrated, has a list on...

December 09, 2010

Imagine

It was on this day thirty years ago that we awoke to the reality that...

December 04, 2010

This Season Celebrate Reason

Signs are going up around the country urging people to come out of the atheist...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

In Defense Of Dawkins

It's my 100th post and so I'm going to get a little serious. This weekend...

November 26, 2010

“Does The Universe Have A Purpose?”

I watched Rabbi David Wolpe debate Christopher Hitchens a while back and even though Hitchens...

November 17, 2010

Sean Faircloth, Secular Coalition For America

Last week I had the privilege of meeting and hearing Sean Faircloth, executive director of...

November 16, 2010

More Thoughts On Being Good Without God

Not too long ago I wrote about the American Humanist Association’s new ad campaign promoting...

November 12, 2010

Heretical Blogging In Palestine

Once upon a time, people could be thrown into jail or even executed for heresy...

November 09, 2010

Consider Humanism Campaign Underway

The American Humanist Association, of which I am a proud member, is undertaking a major...