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.
As we wait to learn the fate of Rowan County clerk Kim Davis, the government worker who refuses to do the work of the government because she worships a homophobic God, the Kentucky Trial Court Review’s Shannon Ragland has posted some fascinating excerpts from an exclusive interview with County Attorney Cecil Watkins. Not only did Watkins refuse to defend Davis because of her defiance of the law, here’s what else we learn from him: Read more
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics decided to go above and beyond (and arguably away from) the call of duty the other day after sharing an article on Facebook about how marijuana may alter brain structure in certain people: Maybe we could have a discussion about what that article does and does not say… but instead, the conversations in the comment thread just got weird. Read more
If you missed last night’s Key & Peele, you missed a trifecta of short sketches in which Neil deGrasse Tyson (played by Jordan Peele) was accused by his wife of not walking the dog, being late for a funeral, and having lipstick on his shirt… forcing him to make excuses invoking science and special effects. Read more
If you gave any money to Megareverend John Oliver’s Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption Church, you may be aware that he’s received it. He showed off his “seeds” on the most recent episode. You may not be aware, though, that he’s also writing back to all church members. And, in true church leader fashion, he’s asking for even more money. Here’s what you get, courtesy of the Central Florida Freethought Community: Read more
Earlier this year, James Randi announced that he would be retiring from the James Randi Educational Foundation. That came a few months after the organization closed its Los Angeles office and let go of its Executive Director. (Randi, who was profiled by the New York Times around that time and featured as the subject of a new documentary, said he wasn’t entirely stepping out of the public spotlight.) With all the changes, though, there was question of what would become of JREF. Now we have some answers: Read more
