Will the Government Shutdown?
In case you haven’t been following the news, here’s the scoop: The FY 2011 Federal Budget hasn’t been passed yet. The US Government has been operating on resolutions that allow […]
Is Secularism Failing?
I’m still pissed off at the Republican party. It’s been a while since I quit identifying with them. There was a time when they were the party of personal liberty […]
Thursday Question – How to Relate to Christian Relatives
A while back I offered to answer reader’s questions on the blog on Thursdays. There haven’t been many takers, but we got another one. I have edited both the question […]
What about Choice?
There was a time when I was pretty firmly pro-life. To be honest, it was more out of highly irrational selfish motivations than religious motivations (the SDA church is officially […]
Tuesday Science – GM Cows Make “Human” Milk
Here’s the latest in genetically modified food research from China: The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human […]
The GOP is filled with a bunch of SOBs
Why the Republican Party of today sucks: They are overrun by the religious right. They are incapable of recognizing when the human toll and even the long term costs outweigh […]
“Why do we exist?” and More
Chariots of Iron is doing a contest to see who can come up with the best answers to any three of the 85 questions from Roger Nygard’s The Nature of […]
No Thank You
A few weeks ago I did a post about how to respond to various Christan questions and “God bless you.” Well, a couple days ago I was working on something […]
Happy Atheist Day!
I’ve seen this (or a similar) bumper sticker a few times on somebody’s car in the customer parking lot at work. I’ve almost snapped a picture of it, since all […]
And Another One Bites the Dust
I hope you didn’t miss the recent news out of Salt Lake. The governor of Utah made some recent remarks that the president of the LDS church didn’t take kindly […]