No, I Was Not Bullied into Not Being an Asshole
Oh, barf. Okay, so apparently that Thunderf00t guy (who I didn’t know anything about before the tumult he brought to FtB) has a video in which my name appears among a list of folks who contributed to...
View ArticleNot All Deep Rifts Are Worth Diving Into
Kate Donovan, who is a real blessing to the interwebs, makes a great point about the Deep Rifts in the skepto-atheosphere, which I will then pour a teaspoon of cold water on. Kate writes: . . . if...
View ArticleShut Up and Listen
We do not like to be told we are being jerks. We do not like to be told we are being demeaning, or belittling, or discriminatory, or bigoted, even if by accident. Particularly we skepto-atheists, who...
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So I Ran Into American Atheists President Dave Silverman at the Supermarket
Well, no I didn’t. But get this. So this vending machine is selling stickers of Internet memes (or “meme’s”), which is clever enough I guess. But do you see what I see? No? Look closer. I’m sure Dave...
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Dear Roman Catholics: Pick Me!
His creepiness Pope Benedict XVI is going to resign at the end of the month, and before anybody gets any ideas, I want to throw my hat into the ring to be the new guy wearing the giant, ridiculous hat....
View ArticleCover Those Stats with a Smudge of Ash [Updated]
The folks over at Non-Prophet Status are indulging in this secular Lent thing, where they all give up something for 40 days because, well, I don’t know why. They’re weird, what can I say? Maybe they...
View ArticleThe Bergoglio Imbroglio: The New Pope, Tweeted
I enjoy Twitter during big public events, especially those that are incredibly silly. One such kind of event would be, say, a GOP candidates’ debate. Today, we had the announcement of the new pope,...
View ArticleA Population Equally Brave
Jennifer Michael Hecht is one of my favorite writers, and in her review of Susan Jacoby’s new book on Robert Ingersoll, she leaves me with this haunting thought: There have been atheists and religious...
View ArticleA “-gate” Repeats Itself
Alice Marwick at Wired on “Donglegate“: Regardless of the nuances of the incident, the fact remains that [Adria] Richards faced a gargantuan backlash that included death threats, rape threats, a flood...
View Article“I Am Thrilled That He’s Dead.”
Andrew Sullivan has what at first seems like an alarming reaction to the death of his friend David Kuo, following a ten-year-long battle with brain cancer. Watch: I feel a revulsion to this line of...
View ArticlePaul’s ‘Friendly Atheist’ Roundup
As you might be aware, I also blog for a little outfit known as Friendly Atheist. Yeah, way more people read me there. Here’s a roundup of some of my recent posts there. I looked at how Andrew Sullivan...
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