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.
There are very few bloggers whose posts I never skip and Josh Fruhlinger (The Comics Curmudgeon) is one of them. Yesterday, he tackled a “Dennis the Menace” strip with his own commentary: It appears that a shifty-eyed Dennis the Menace has decided on a new tactic in his war against society’s strictures: hard-line Calvinist theology. Isn’t the omnipotent God, who created the universe and predetermined our very ends before time began, the real menace here? We are all sinners. Dennis… Read more
The Freedom From Religion Foundation only sends complaint letters to groups violating church/state separation if someone contacts them about it. In other words, they don’t seek out random challenges. Recently, students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga informed FFRF about public prayers that took place at football games. To their credit, UTC officials said earlier this week they would put a stop to that practice. On Thursday, I pointed out that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville suffers from the… Read more
Back in June, a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Union County, Georgia wanted to Adopt-a-Highway. (Let that sink in for a moment… Irrational hatred of black people? They’re fine with it. Litter on the side of the road? NEVER!) The Georgia Department of Transportation said no to them. And that led to a lot of speculation over possible lawsuits… was this discrimination? Did the government have a right to deny a hate group from doing something that’s actually really good for… Read more