Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
A North Carolina teacher who wanted to teach his students about the First Amendment, and stepped on a flag to show how symbols could be legally desecrated, has been suspended for 10 days without pay. Which perhaps proves his point that some people don’t understand how the First Amendment works. Read more
There’s a nifty story in the New York Times about a man who won a baseball glove nearly 60 years after the contest actually took place. (It helped that the deadline to enter was never specified.) But here’s the real kicker: The 70-year-old man at the center of the story is literally named Darwin Day. Read more