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August 2012

August 06, 2012

On Value-Neutral Bravery

Back before I went off to awesome, wacky summer camp (a few more things to come...

August 03, 2012

Welcome Permission to Live to Patheos!

What a get! I just found out from my RSS reader that Melissa of Permission...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Leah Libresco’s Sing-Along-Blog

I'd like to try out a new kind of post/talkback opportunity this week. I'm having my birthday...

July 30, 2012

Which Voldemort is Scariest?

Unsurprisingly, I was rereading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality on the way back...

July 29, 2012

Can you help out Alexander Aan?

I'm on my way back from rationality camp and had a lovely time. I'll have...

July 27, 2012

And now a story definitely not from rationality camp

After nearly a week of Less Wrong retreat updates, I realize some of you may...

July 26, 2012

Chatting with Eve Tushnet

I did an interview with Eve Tushnet (a fellow Patheos blogger and a friend from...

July 25, 2012

Markets in Everything!

At Bayes Camp, we aren't just doing estimating exercises in class. At the beginning of...

July 03, 2012

In which my housemate writes a diss track

My housemate, Alexander, relyricized the union standard "The Ballad of Joe Hill" as a slam...

July 02, 2012

Cheer up! It’s a Dungeons and Discourses inspired musical

I hope you're all already familiar with Dresden Codak's Dungeons and Discourse and Advanced Dungeons and...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Today’s Big Controversy

All week, I've been looking forward to today, but I was mindful that it might...

June 17, 2012

“It is an honour I dream not of”

I have a somewhat lengthy post lined up for tomorrow, so, for today, just an...

June 11, 2012

Data! Data! Data! [Blogathon 12/12]

This post is number twelve of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

How Critical is Sexual Desire to Human Identity? [Blogathon 8/12]

This post is number eight of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

“The rumba is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire” [Blogathon 2/12]

This post is number two of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 11, 2012

This is why ‘Pragmatism’ isn’t an ethical system [Blogathon 1/12]

This post is number one of twelve for the Secular Student Alliance Blogathon. I'm responding...

June 07, 2012

All the Christian Round Posts are Up!

If you've been waiting to vote in the Ideological Turing Test until all the entries...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

All the Atheist Round Posts are Up!

If you've been waiting to vote in the Ideological Turing Test until all the entries...

May 17, 2012

My Radical Homosexual Agenda for the Military

Mark Shea is in agreement with Rod Dreher that Obama and the Dems are mounting...

April 2012

April 18, 2012

Two Opportunities (one for each side)

Two interesting opportunities turned up in the "Religion" folder of my RSS reader, and I'd...

April 10, 2012

A meal plus an extended argument? Seders are the best!

Last night, my housemates and I threw a by-the-seat-of-our-pants Seder. It's the first one I've...

April 06, 2012

7 Quick Takes (4/6/12)

--- 1 --- Easter is coming, and I've had a link stored up for a...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Q&A on Mormon Priesthood (Part 2)

Now that Michael's given us an overview of the Mormon priesthood and answered some of...

March 28, 2012

Q&A on Mormon Priesthood (Part 1)

As a follow-up to Michael Haycock's clarification of what it means to be a Mormon...

March 28, 2012

Romney’s a Priest? What does that mean?

Via the Daily Dish, I found an article by Howard P. Kainz, that argues that...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

I’m Speaking in DC!

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

February 28, 2012

The Other Contraception Mandate Fight

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I'm one of...

February 25, 2012

I’m like Beetlejuice, except you only have to say ‘Statistician’ once!

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I'm one of...

February 20, 2012

Good News and Bad News on HIV/AIDS

My time at AAAS has come to an end, and today, I just want to...

February 19, 2012

The Geek Goes On

Day Two at AAAS Conference... Data to Knowledge to Action: Computational Science in a Global...