“Consequence” is one of those words that has taken on a connotation of the negative, even though the denotation does […]
feminism, politics, secularism, skepticism
Rambling diatribe about atheism, politics, and the word “secular”
I don’t know American Atheists president David Silverman, but he strikes me as kind of a brash guy. The kind […]
atheism, politics, rant
Barney Frank, atheism, and representation
Source So Barney Frank came out last night– again. This time as a “pot-smoking atheist” on Real Time With Bill […]
childfree, LGBT, politics
A-baby-ist.
Niall Ferguson So, just as I’m finishing reading comedian Jen Kirkman’s book I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales […]
abortion, politics
How to be a moralizing blowhard
Have you always aspired to be a moralizing blowhard, but just can’t seem to get your message down pat? Are […]
Church and state, freedom of speech, politics
“Governor brings religion into the public sphere”
KS governor Sam Brownback. Photo credit: Brent Wistrom, The Wichita Eagle Fearing terms is odd. But in terms of terms […]
atheism, politics, secularism
Christian like me
[Religiously] Unaffiliated Americans are also less likely to vote in presidential elections than other religious groups. Although they make up […]
boycotting, contraception, politics, religion
I’d like a glue gun, some acrylic paint, and some birth control
A federal judge denied Hobby Lobby’s request for exemption from the federal requirement to provide health care coverage which covers […]
contraception, morality, politics
Dear Bill O’Reilly…
…no calculator, moral or otherwise, will make it less expensive to arrest people than to help them. Trust me on […]
politics, psychology
Politics for creative types
Matthew Inman’s comic on the creative process (which you’ve almost certainly seen already because you already read The Oatmeal; and […]