I got email today from a reporter for “The Christian Post.” He wanted to ask me some questions about my opinions expressed yesterday on Raw Story. I am not familiar with this reporter’s writing, but thought it might be a bad idea to go into a phone conversation cold. So I wrote a message to …
Category Archive: Politics, Society, History & Law
May 21 2013
Texas “Merry Christmas Bill”
I got quoted at length by a RawStory.com blogger looking for a reaction to the Texas legislature’s latest salvo in the War On Christmas. It was not the most diplomatic interview I’ve ever given. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/21/texas-merry-christmas-bill-is-a-bunch-of-bullsht-says-atheist-tv-host/
Feb 05 2013
Anti-Muslim hysteria in Australia
In Sunday’s show, Matt and Tracie answered some questions about Islam. Afterwards, we got this email from Australia: Hi All A very good show up until the subject of Islam and whether or not it is a threat to the USA constitution. I just don’t know what it will take to wake you guys up …
Dec 19 2012
Apparently every tragedy is a marketing opportunity
Last Sunday on the show I had an opportunity to address Mike Huckabee’s wildly inappropriate and downright loathsome comment on the First Grade shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Hours after the attack, Huckabee had this to say: It’s an interesting thing. We ask why there’s violence in our schools but we’ve systematically removed God from our schools. Should …
Dec 12 2012
Answering Justice Scalia
Recently, during the Q&A period following his talk at Princeton, Justice Scalia asked the following… “If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder?” So, I thought I’d take a moment to answer his questions.
Nov 07 2012
Post election open thread
Okay, okay, I know not all atheists are behind Barack Obama… so congratulations or condolences depending on where you happen to land on that question. However, I offer some reasons for the great majority of us to be cheerful today: Gay marriage. Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular …
Nov 01 2012
Matt Dillahunty vs. Kristine Kruszelnicki debate
We’ve been sent a higher quality video of Matt’s debate at the Texas Freethought Convention. If you haven’t already seen the worse ones, this is a good time to check it out.
May 01 2012
Racial Profiling – a data mining perspective (WARNING: WONKY)
Sam Harris posted a piece called “In Defense of Profiling.” PZ Myers posted a response explaining why that’s a terrible idea. In general it should go without saying that I agree with PZ, unless stated otherwise. I just want to add a little something from the perspective of a computer science nerd whose been around …
Apr 23 2012
The world experiences an infinitesimal decrease in bullshit
On the occasion of Chuck Colson’s death, I’d like to take one final opportunity to point out the online discussion I had with him before he died. I was too young for Watergate. In fact, Richard Nixon resigned one month to the day before I was born. Or as I like to think, Nixon saw …
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