Check out this clip from yesterday’s CNN. Some quick background: North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole (R) has been making a lot of hay out of the fact that Democratic challenger Kay Hagan attended a fundraiser organized by the Godless Americans PAC. (more…)
All right, this is the final installment in Jonathan Miller’s six-part documentary “The Atheism Tapes”. Here he talks with philosopher Colin McGinn.
May I recommend the Atlanta Science Tavern? If you live in metro Atlanta, that is (if you don’t, do a little googling and you might find a science tavern active in your city). The AST is coordinated by the soft-spoken (and very tall) Josh Gough, and offers a great opportunity to hear accomplished researchers speak on subjects like astronomy, geology, biology, etc. in a friendly pub environment. How can you resist the Three “-ations”?: Education, Conversation, and Libation (there’s also Gustation, Mastication and Digestitation, but hey). The get-togethers usually attract around 25 attendees.
We talk to Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) about the recent action by the Texas Board of Education [www.tea.state.tx.us/sboe] that places three creationists on the six-member committee that reviews science standards [link]. How damaging could this move be to the rest of the country?
You don’t have to be an idiot to vote for John McCain, but apparently it helps. Some of these people are truly ig’nant.
I can’t remember now where I first saw this, but this has been mentioned on other popular blogs. It’s a Solar System Quilt made in 1876 by Iowan Ellen Harding Baker. I have to add this to my list of Coolest Things I’ve Ever Seen (okay, I don’t really have such a list but maybe I should start one).
Okay, this is part 5 of 6 of Jonathan Miller’s documentary, in which he interviews prominent atheists. Here he talks to Nobel Prize winning physicist Steven Weinberg.
This is part four of Jonathan Miller’s six-part documentary, in which he interviews prominent atheists. This installment features distinguished playwright Arthur Miller.
Comedian/pundit Bill Maher’s anti-religion documentary Religulous topped $6.7M at the end of its second weekend of release, expanding from 502 screens to 568. (For those keeping score, Ben Stein’s creationist apologetic Expelled earned $7.7M in eight weeks on over 1,000 screens.)
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