Book Review: The God Part of the Brain
(Author’s Note: The following review was solicited and is written in accordance with this site’s policy for such reviews.) Summary: Contains many interesting ideas, but the informed reader will find...
View ArticleFrom the Mailbag: Deconversion Saturday
It’s not every day that I get awesome letters like the one I posted last Saturday, but this makes two weeks in a row now. If this keeps up, I may have to make it a regular feature! This letter is from...
View ArticleWeekend Presents: December 23
It’s two more days before you can open the gifts under the tree, but I have some early presents: • Now hear this: I’m on the New Books in Secularism podcast, discussing my book Daylight Atheism. • Big...
View ArticleWorld News Roundup
I can’t write about every story that crosses my radar, as much as I’d like to. But so much that’s noteworthy has been happening in the world lately, I’m overdue for a catch-up post. First, there’s a...
View ArticleAtlas Shrugged: The Middle Path
Atlas Shrugged, part I, chapter X OK, folks, programming note: Next week’s post will be the last for this chapter, which ends the first part of this book. Once that’s done, I’m going to jump right into...
View ArticleSaffron Fascism
While Western atheists are most familiar with outrages committed by monotheistic faiths, the followers of Eastern religions like Hinduism and Buddhism can be just as violent, oppressive and xenophobic....
View ArticleIs Zen Enlightenment Real?
I wonder whether anyone finds enlightenment – or whether the quest is self-deceptive, a fantasy leading nowhere?
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