Jase Heap of The Untied Coalition of Reason reports that 367 out 1,041 incoming freshmen at American University in Wash DC identify as a “None” of some kind. “Nones” of Continue Reading →
WHY WE CAN WIN The following is a an edited excerpt of an anonymous conversation from a discussion thread from one of my classes. “I go to a private christian Continue Reading →
By 2050, according to estimates derived from the 2008 census, there will be just under 90 million people 65 and older in the US, comprising about 20% of the population. Continue Reading →
This is an essay without links to references. OK, I lied. There is one, and its about Trump’s most current list of lies. Well, actually there’s 3. There, I lied Continue Reading →
Brian Cox. Physicist and science educator Brian Cox stuck his neck out, quite on purpose I think, and made the claim that experiments done at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Continue Reading →
Karen Garst, PhD, has recently published Women Beyond Belief, her edited volume of 22 personal stories of modern women who have abandoned organized religion and moved on to live freely, Continue Reading →
John C. Wathey’s clearly written and interesting book, The Illusion of God’s Presence is certainly worth the read for a good exposition on the intersection of science and belief: 320 Continue Reading →
Check out Carl Sagan’s “Best of” video on Youtube. From climate change and the push for solar technology over fossil fuels to the distribution of the US budget away from Continue Reading →
It’s not a purposeful lie, and that’s true of all religions. Overwhelmingly, the people that taught you your religion, sincerely believed it too, because the folks that taught them did, Continue Reading →
Information Kills Religion, you betcha! So I’m driving to band practice last week, and while stopped at an intersection, a guy pulls up along side me, rolls down his window Continue Reading →
