When Reason is Not Enough
Here we are in the Age of UN-Reason. (call it nuts, crazy, wacky, weird or downright dangerous, we live in strange times) But there’s no good reason to give up…
"My country is the world and my religion is to do good." Thomas Paine
Here we are in the Age of UN-Reason. (call it nuts, crazy, wacky, weird or downright dangerous, we live in strange times) But there’s no good reason to give up…
I don’t write much poetry any more, and I never liked rhyming much, but here’s something in honor of the new season. Because sometimes poetry is the best language, if…
Spoiler alert: No. Ok, next time someone says atheism is a religion, here’s a good response from Susan Jacoby (Strange Gods, 2017): “As an adult, I came to regard ‘losing’…
I suppose I’m the kind of person who enjoys a good mystery. I like watching mysteries (particularly British) but I think what I’m realizing is that I’m simply fascinated with…
As I’m about to teach a six-week class on a forgotten freethinking founder of America, it becomes clearer to me that Thomas Paine is used and abused by people across…
That’s my Q of the D … Question of the Day. If you identify as an Atheist, are you also Anti–Theist, i.e., anti-religion or against faith in any form? These…
I was born and raised in Washington … the State of Washington. Since childhood I saw images of George everywhere, from highway signs to the State Seal. We used to…
I’m a strong and outspoken supporter of wall of separation between Religion and State. But what about religion in politics? Should they, or could they, be kept completely separate? Fact…