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.
Earlier today, I mentioned that a Christian group in Santa Monica, California wanted a judge to give them special treatment so they could put up a Nativity Scene in a public park. The lawsuit was filed after atheists decided they wanted (and received) equal access to the park to put up their own signs. Now, a judge has ruled against the Christians, saying they don’t get special privileges just because they love the Jesus: Read more
A few of my former students are on the University of Illinois Speech Team and they pay their own way to travel to tournaments. Well, as it turns out, Zipcar is having a contest where they can win $5,500 in car credit — and it would help them out tremendously. (Plus, they’re up against engineers at UC Berkeley and we all know they’re just made of cash so they must be destroyed.) Read more