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.
Last week, Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Jason Ales pulled over a guy named Mike Powers and gave him a speeding ticket. After Powers asked Ales “how the cops are feeling in Mississippi with all of the senseless killings,” he handed the officer a wooden saint bracelet as a gift. And wouldn’t you know it, after buttering up Ales like that, the ticket was later voided. How heartwarming to know that faith-based bribes are still as powerful as ever… Read more
When the regular Fox News Channel anchors are away, the other contributors will play. That’s what it looked like earlier today, when a panel of guests concluded that Kim Davis was wrong not to follow the law (despite her faith), and that her lawyer, Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver, was “ridiculously stupid” for suggesting the Supreme Court didn’t have the authority to rule on marriage equality. Read more
