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…
Month: September 2019
Autumn Poem
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…
Is Atheism a Religion?
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’…
Mystery upon Mystery
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…
Paine Management for Believers and Non-Believers
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…
Is Every Atheist an Anti-Theist?
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…
A Day at Mount Vernon
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…
God for President?
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…
