On October 18, I gave an address to the Northern Virginia Ethical Society on the subject of the New Atheism and the divides within the atheist...
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Is New York Times columnist Ross Douthat calling for religious war? Well, no. But he is spoiling for a fight of sorts, and he might also be adding a...
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Planetary scientist Carlyn Porco, best known for her work on the imaging for the Cassini probe mission to Saturn, told a convention of atheists in...
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A high-powered panel discussion at the opening of the Atheist Alliance International Convention in Burbank, California Friday raised important and...
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Secularist think tank the Center for Inquiry held an art exhibit to commemorate International Blasphemy Day this evening at its DC branch office,...
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It is almost becoming a ritual in our house these days. At the end of a long day at work, the wife and I turn on MSNBC and watch, stunned, as Keith...
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The Economist covers Camp Quest, the summer camp for freethinkers, and does a bang-up job. I haven't written about Camp Quest because of a lack of...
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There is a lot of highly-justified agitation over the engraving of the "In God We Trust" motto and the religious modern version of the...
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The Rev. Eric P. Lee, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the seminal civil rights organization the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, is...
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