Archive for March, 2006
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Border's Books and Waldenbooks have decided to take a stand against free expression by declining to carry the April-May issue of Free Inquiry. Why? Because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries. ("Two Chains Reject Magazine With Muhammad Cartoons"). ...
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Saturday, March 25th, 2006
As if we didn't know: Atheists identified as America’s most distrusted minority, according to new U of M study. It's just the press release so far; we'll look for the actual numbers. But a taste of the content:
Americans' increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn’t extend to those who ...
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
From my TA: He's explaining some bit of the mind-body problem to a student in office hours for the intro class I'm teaching this semester. She's finding it confusing, and explains by saying "I like to think inside the box."
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
The approval/disapproval split for Bush in the last 3 major polls on Bush's job performance as prez listed at PollingReport.com are 36/60 (CNN/USA Today/Gallup), 34/57 (CBS), and 33/57 (Pew).
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Pretty nice atheistic op-ed by Slavoj Zizek the NYTimes this week: Defenders of the Faith. Here's a bit of it:For centuries, we have been told that without religion we are no more than egotistic animals fighting for our share, our only morality that of a pack of wolves; only ...
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Sunday, March 12th, 2006
Fellow atheist-parent Chuck over at Unbecoming Levity reports on yet another insertion of religion into the public schools (Keep your Jesus off my kid). (For my previous posts on this subject in relation to my son, look here.) And keep in mind, he's in one of the only states ...
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Sunday, March 5th, 2006
During bathtime tonight, Oz and I are discussing large numbers, like billion, septillion, and googol. Having encountered the whole infinity thing before, he asks...
Oz: How come you never get to the end of counting?
Dad (thrilled): Well, suppose you got to the end with some number. Call it ...
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Saturday, March 4th, 2006
The Cinema Art Theater here in Troy has been a well-known glory hole for more than 20 years. It's a big old theatre in downtown Troy that runs porn all the time, has private booths -- you know. Everybody knows. They're quiet and clean, there's no ads ...
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