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Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Behe brouhaha at bloggingheads.tv
Boy, what a soap opera this has turned out to be. Late last week, linguist and conservative pundit John McWhorter recorded a segment for bloggingheads.tv (bhTV) with Michael “Irreducible Complexity” Behe. A credulous–even gushing–McWhorter, who is a self-admitted nonbeliever, … Continue reading
Rift Valley Drifters
Here’s the latest from troubadour extraordinaire Roy Zimmerman. You can listen to our podcast interview with Roy here.
Knack out, Smithereens confirmed for Charlotte Pop Fest
For those disappointed that The Knack have bowed out of Charlotte Pop Fest (due to lead singer Doug Feiger’s battle with cancer), you’ll be excited to hear that legendary rock band The Smithereens have been confirmed as the headline act … Continue reading
Posted in music, news, science
Tagged charlotte pop fest, knack, richard dawkins, richard dawkins foundation, smithereens
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God spoke to him through a box?
By now you may have read of the disturbing case of Phillip Garrido, a California man now in custody for the 1991 kidnapping of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard. Jaycee’s mother and stepfather have long since assumed she was dead; indeed, … Continue reading
Hey God–stop protecting Kentucky!
From the Lexington Herald-Leader: “A judge on Wednesday struck down a 2006 state law that required the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to stress ‘dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the commonwealth.’” The lawsuit was … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, christianity, civil rights, news, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged ernie fletcher, homeland security, kentucky, steve beshear, tom riner
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Why should the health care debate be any different?
An analysis published by LiveScience shows that the “Health Care Debate Based on Lack of Logic.” Should this be a surprise? Nearly every political debate is rife with faulty logic: working backwards from conclusions, ad hominems, credulous acceptance of outrageous … Continue reading
Posted in medical research, politics, science, urban legends
Tagged health care debate, logic
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Podcast #63 – Efficacy of Prayer
It’s the p-p-p-p-power of prayer! Or not. We look at several anecdotes that point toward the efficacy (or inefficacy) of intercessory prayer, including: The tragic cases of two teenage girls (one in TN, one in KY), both of whom suffered … Continue reading
Posted in children, christianity, commentary, evolution, medical research, movies, new age, news, podcast, religion, science
Tagged aletsch glacier, charles darwin, chase kear, cmi, creation ministries international, efficacy of prayer, emil kapaun, prayer, rain prayer, sonny perdue, transcendental meditation, voyage that shook the world
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Sam Harris on Bill Maher tonight
DVR Alert! Sam Harris will appear tonight at 10pm on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. No information on what topics they’ll cover, but it should be good.
Posted in atheism, interviews, television
Tagged bill maher, real time with bill maher, sam harris
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The latest on Rifqa Bary
As I reported a few days ago (see “An interfaith Springer moment“), Rifqa Bary is a 17-year-old, Sri Lanka-born girl from Ohio who converted from Islam to Christianity and ran away to Florida to live with the Reverend Blake Lorenz, … Continue reading
Penn & Teller do the Vatican
I don’t know how long this video will be up, so watch it sooner rather than later. It’s the latest episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, in which they take on the Vatican, holding nothing back: Penn & Teller: Bullshit … Continue reading →