Refuting Extremist Ideas: Worth the Time and Energy?
Democratic Discourse with Michael De Dora
August 06, 2010
I have been contemplating my usual reaction to the latest rhetoric from Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.
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With David Copperfield
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
August 06, 2010
A tour through the looking glass.
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More “Fan” Mail: How Are We Secular Humanists So Sure We’re Right, Huh?
by Debbie Goddard
August 05, 2010
Hissing like vampires, scurrying like cockroaches: e-mailer pulls no punches when describing us poor, deluded nonbelievers.
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More on Perry v. Schwarzenegger
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
August 04, 2010
Today's decision provides a refreshingly frank consideration of the religious motives behind the gay marriage ban.
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Perry v. Schwarzenneger
No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
August 04, 2010
A federal district court rules in favor of equal rights for gays and lesbians
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New Prayer Study: Need Glasses or Hearing Aid? Ask God!
A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper with Ben Radford
August 04, 2010
A new, badly flawed prayer study suggests that God will heal hearing and vision problems if someone else asks Him to.
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Which of the Founders Was a Deist? Who Cares?
No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
August 04, 2010
It's what the Founders did that was important, not what they thought about Jesus
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Christopher Hitchens, accidental Atheist
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
August 04, 2010
The new memoir by Hitchens is hardly about atheism, but instead about its principled foundations.
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Louisiana School District Flirts with Creationism
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
August 03, 2010
The Livingston Parish School Board is considering whether to teach of creationism in public school science classrooms.
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