A couple months ago, I posted about Susan Hutchison, a former news anchor from Seattle, Washington who is running for King County Executive (sort of like a mayor). This is a position that has given rise to future governors of Washington state, so it’s not a seat to be taken lightly. What was weird was that her bio said the following: Since leaving KIRO Hutchison has been very, very busy. She has her own consulting business. She is the executive… Read more
Reader Jody pointed this out to me and I’m cracking up. I’ve been working closely with the Chicago Coalition of Reason. Our website is chicagocor.org. (That’ll redirect you to the actual page, anyway.) But guess what happens when you type in chicago.cor.org? . . . You win this round, Church of the Resurrection… Read more
Gregory L. Smith planned to rob the Advance America check cashing store on Monday. He pointed a gun at the sole store clerk, Angela Montez. He told her he had a son to feed and that “he had no choice.” “I started crying and praying and telling him, ‘Don’t do this,’ he was too young to throw away his life,” Montez said on a 911 call to police. And what happened after that? See for yourself: This is not a… Read more
You all have come through in a big way so far for the Secular Student Alliance, but there’s still ways to go! Donations for the Todd Stiefel $50,000 Challenge have come in from a variety of sources. 1) ChipIn The widget says that the total amount of donations have been $3287 as I write this. 2) Individual Contributions Donations directly to the SSA via check or credit card have totaled a few thousand dollars. 3) Foundation/Organization Contributions We’ve received a… Read more
Tonight, I will be giving a talk for the North Shore Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (in Illinois) about the whole IFI incident. There will be a Q&A session afterwards, too. It’s all free and open to the public. If you’re interested in attending, all the details are here! Or you can check out this informational PDF. Hope to see you tonight! Read more
This past Tuesday was the 6th annual “Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity,” a day for anti-abortion high school students to remain silent on behalf of aborted fetuses everywhere. if you haven’t heard of it, here’s the deal: Since January 22, 1973 over 50,000,000 babies have had their voices silenced through surgical abortion in this nation alone. … On October 20th, people from all over this nation will give up their voices for a day in solidarity for these children. Red… Read more
How many atheist bus ads and billboards can you name? I lost count a hell of a long time ago. It seems like they’ve been around for a while, right? Nope. It has only been a year. Precisely a year, in fact. I was amazed to find that out. At this time last year, atheist bus ads weren’t even around in London. They were collecting money for that first batch of ads. And now? They. Are. Everywhere. If you feel… Read more
Check it out! The Chicago Coalition of Reason billboard is making news! The link currently goes to a blog piece, but I’m told a longer article will be in the print edition on Thursday. The link may be changed in the morning. (Take that, Big Apple Coalition of Reason!) Read more
This flowchart explains all: Sadly, I’m right where I should be. Just a few hundred thousand dollars more and I’m outta here. (via Holy Taco — Thanks to Kaleena for the link!) Read more
