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Books maybe you should know about

Posted on April 19, 2010 by John C. Snider

So many books, so little time!  Here are a few recent or upcoming books that I have not had a chance to read, but nonetheless look worthy of the attention of the well-read freethinker.  If I can read all of … Continue reading →

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Podcast #83 – Secular Coalition at the White House

Posted on March 8, 2010 by John C. Snider

American Atheists president Ed Buckner reports on the recent meeting between representatives of the Secular Coalition for America with White House officials. Plus: We meet the Hitch!  Allison joins us to talk about “The Only Subject Is Love,” a seminar … Continue reading →

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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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Wright v. Hitch

Posted on December 11, 2009 by John C. Snider

Finally–two of my favorite pundits go head-to-head at bloggingheads.tv.  Check. It. Out.

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Yale Univ. Press chickens out on Mohammed cartoons

Posted on August 17, 2009 by John C. Snider

Christopher Hitchens vents his anger and frustration with Yale University Press over their decision to publish a book about the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons flap–without including the cartoons in question! The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Brandeis Univ. professor Jytte … Continue reading →

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Robert Wright takes on the “New Atheists”

Posted on July 15, 2009 by John C. Snider

Author Robert Wright (The Evolution of God) posted an essay over the weekend at Huffington Post that’s causing quite a stir: “Why the ‘New Atheists’ are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy.”  This is something Wright touched on in the latter half … Continue reading →

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Mos Dumb

Posted on April 4, 2009 by John C. Snider

Rapper/actor/whatever Mos Def has entered my unofficial list of World’s Stupidest Celebrities–by which I do not mean he has a low IQ.  I mean that he seems to let his desires override his intellect, and is unwilling to admit when … Continue reading →

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Hitchy-Hitch roughed up in Lebanon?

Posted on February 19, 2009 by John C. Snider

Hmmm.  This could be complete malarkey, but the buzz in the blogosphere is that our favorite curmudgeonly contrarian anti-theist, Christopher Hitchens, got beaten up in Lebanon after he defaced a political poster. Whether true, partially true, or completely false, it … Continue reading →

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Hitchens on Rick Warren

Posted on December 22, 2008 by John C. Snider

Christopher Hitchens delivers his latest blast of nontheistic spleen-venting against Rick Warren (who will offer up the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration).  Leave it to ol’ Hitch to come up with phrases like “happy-slappy Sunday ‘Churchianity’ mega-feel-good fiestas.”

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