The Secular Student Alliance (SSA) is seeking two to three college interns for the summer of 2007. The interns will work at the Humanist Center in Albany, New York. The positions are ten weeks long (which ten weeks you choose is pretty flexible) and will have a $200/week stipend. More information on these positions after the jump. (more…) Read more
Harold Henderson of the Chicago Reader wrote a terrific article about the book in this week’s issue (pick up your copy on newsstands in Chicago today!). Remember how I said in the previous posting that, judging by her picture, Carol could beat me up? I just saw my picture in this article… I rescind my remarks. *Hemant rolls up sleeves* Bring it on. Some excerpts from the article: Hemant Mehta hasn’t believed in God since he was 14. Richard Dawkins,… Read more
Carol (a.k.a. “the friendly American exmormon atheist mom living in France”) has a review of I Sold My Soul on eBay up at her site! Go check it out 🙂 Thankfully, as she writes in her review, I avoided a duel with her over the use of my domain name. *phew* (Judging by the cartoon-y profile picture in the lower right hand side of the page, she could beat me up in .00004 seconds.) She also talks about the three… Read more
Wow. Lots of postings dealing with books today. I had written previously about not really liking Richard Dawkins’ book cover for The God Delusion. Not everyone agreed. But the folks at The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (RDF) are offering you a new book jacket! The cover that receives the most votes will be created and offered to anyone who makes a $10 donation to the RDF. The new cover would take the place of the original one… Read more
The issue discussed in this post actually arose several weeks ago. I talked to Dale about the issue when it occurred; we agreed it wasn’t worth posting about (it would just bring on unnecessary attention) and it would just fade away. Now, it looks like the story is going to spread since it has been mentioned in Humanist Network News and in the comments section on Daylight Atheism. I might as well jump into the fray. Here’s the summary of… Read more