Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, Almost a year ago, my cousin killed himself. We were very close and I am still grieving for him. At the time, almost everyone in the family talked about how he was up in heaven with our (mutual) grandmother. This was particularly poignant, as our grandmother died at 49, and my cousin had met her but was too young to remember her. As an atheist who values truth,… Read more
Primatologist Frans de Waal has written a new book called The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (released today). While the focus of the book is on the evolution of morality, an excerpt from the book on Salon suggests there’s an undercurrent of anger at the New Atheists: Read more
The surprising thing isn’t that Kirk Cameron is partnering up with Liberty University to make a new movie. The surprising thing is that it didn’t happen sooner. Read more
My friend Todd Stiefel (whom I just mentioned yesterday) is participating in a fun, radical experiment today: He’s co-hosting a radio show with an evangelical Christian. Here’s how it happened, according to Todd: Read more
Well, it’s finally happened. They leaked the video of a secret meeting between the atheists, feminists, gays, and evolutionists: (via SMBC Theater) Read more
You remember Godfather’s Pizza. Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain was its former CEO. So I’m not completely surprised that one of the franchisees would be offering an Easter discount… but the restaurant in Hampton, Iowa is going a step further: Read more
It’s about time the man got some recognition like this. In the upcoming issue of The New Yorker, Michael Schulman profiles singer/songwriter and secular hero Tim Minchin: Unfortunately, the article is behind a paywall, but the profile gives him the praise he deserves (while offering a few jabs at atheists in the process): Read more
Chattanooga, Tennessee sits in Hamilton County and, like so many cities, it could always use more tax revenue. Residents obviously pay taxes. So do most businesses. But not churches. They’re exempt and — bad news for the city — there are a hell of a lot of them in the area, meaning the city is missing out on millions of dollars each year in theoretical income: Read more
The prompt from Patheos: Explain why you’re an atheist in under 200 words. Challenge accepted! Read more
CNN’s Dan Merica has written a long article on Todd Stiefel, the atheist movement’s “money man,” as he calls him: [More…] Read more
