Category Archives: ethics

The Moral Landscape, Introduction

Posted on October 5, 2010 by John C. Snider

Chapter-by-chapter thoughts on Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values Last year I wrote a series of posts offering my first impressions of Richard Dawkins’ The Greatest Show on Earth.  Readers responded positively and enthusiastically to … Continue reading →

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Books maybe you should know about, Pt. 2

Posted on August 21, 2010 by John C. Snider

Back in April, I posted “Books maybe you should know about,” a list of upcoming freethought books I thought fellow freethinkers might like to read.  We were about to cover about half the books on that list.   And now, the … Continue reading →

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Answering “Seven Questions You Should Ask an Atheist”

Posted on August 19, 2010 by John C. Snider

I stumbled, quite by accident, across this blog entry by Tom Elliff (who has been, among other things, president of the SBC Pastors Conference and two-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention).  “Seven Questions You Should Ask an Atheist” is … Continue reading →

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Bible v. Quran: The Ultimate Smackdown

Posted on March 18, 2010 by John C. Snider

Which is more violent–the Bible or the Quran?  That’s a tough one to answer, but National Public Radio (of all places!) has tackled the question.

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Hitchens rewrites the 10C

Posted on March 5, 2010 by John C. Snider
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Wright v. Hitch, Part Deux

Posted on December 22, 2009 by John C. Snider

Holy Flibbertishibbit!  Robert Wright in diavlog with Christopher Hitchens twice in the same month!  Me like.

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Chris Matthews cuts loose on Bishop Thomas Tobin

Posted on November 25, 2009 by John C. Snider

Ooh snap!  MSNBC’s Chris Matthews really lays into Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin over his banning of Rep. Patrick Kennedy from Communion due to Kennedy’s support for abortion rights.  Matthews trowels it on pretty thick but I think he’s on … Continue reading →

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Gran Torino, MD

Posted on September 24, 2009 by John C. Snider

I think I’ve figured out how they could pull off a sequel to the recent film Gran Torino: as the new movie opens, Clint Eastwood’s  über-curmudgeon Walt Kowalski lies in intensive care, riddled with bullet holes but not dead.  Grimacing, … Continue reading →

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Twitter, Sharia Law and You

Posted on September 20, 2009 by John C. Snider

by John C. Snider © 2009 Is Muammar Gaddafi monitoring your tweets?  Here’s the bizarre link between the social networking explosion and the inscrutable Islamic nation of Libya. A short tutorial on URL shortening If you use the internet much, … Continue reading →

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Ben Stein loses NYT gig, grip on reality

Posted on August 11, 2009 by John C. Snider

Ben “Bueller…Bueller…” Stein has been let go from his biweekly gig writing a financial column for the New York Times, ostensibly because of his commercial work for a website called FreeScore.com and the associated (perceived?) conflict of interest.  Now, normally … Continue reading →

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