Archive for December, 2006

Happy Holidays

December 29th, 2006 / Admin / 4 comments

Xmas is over--whew--hope y'all had a good one! But it's still not too late to wish everyone Happy New Year! May you live long and prosper in reason. Here's to ...

Right Message, Wrong Reason

December 28th, 2006 / Television, Religion / 4 comments

I never thought I'd find myself liking an evangelist. But it's hard not to like Jay Bakker, son of the Rev. Jim and ...

Fraud “Buddha-Boy” Resurfaces

December 26th, 2006 / Religion / 1 comment

The event had drawn hundreds of devotees daily who offered money and gifts for the "Buddha Boy," but were barred by Bomjan's supporters from reaching within 50 metres of his ...

GM Would Rather Bite Than Switch

December 26th, 2006 / Energy Transition / 4 comments

GM got a triple dose of bad news this year. Skyrocketing fuel prices sent sales of its road-behemoths plunging. Poor sales and a refusal to accept the need for a ...

82% of Britons ‘Get It’

December 22nd, 2006 / Religion / 3 comments

From Guardian Unlimited: More people in Britain think religion causes harm than believe it does good, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. It shows that an overwhelming majority see ...

Finding the Missing Links

December 22nd, 2006 / Science / 2 comments

New DNA sequencing technique finds another "missing link" in the evolutionary chain. The discovery of the smallest ever microbes puts a further squeeze on I.D.iot dreams of shooting down ...

Rebuttal to Terry Eagleton’s Critique of Dawkins’ The God Delusion

December 21st, 2006 / Religion, Science, Critical Thought / 23 comments

In the very first sentence, Eagleton makes the most common mistake: he places theology on a par with science—the study of the unknowable and invisible equivalent to that which has ...

Atheism Online 2.0 is Launched!

December 19th, 2006 / Critical Thought, Admin, Atheism / 4 comments

We would like to keep the AO site as it has been: a portal for atheists looking for general information, blogs, newsfeeds, forums and connection to the atheist and critical ...

Legalize It!

December 18th, 2006 / Drug War / 3 comments

Pot is now America's biggest cash crop, by a wide margin. That's right: Nationwide, the estimated cannabis production of $35.8 billion exceeds corn ($23 billion), soybeans ($17.6 billion) and ...

A-Jad Faces Reality of Theocracy

December 18th, 2006 / Current Affairs / No comments

You can't just crush people for trying to maintain an open learning environment. Unless you're Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Shame. Death to theocracy.

Europe a Political Paradox

December 18th, 2006 / Current Affairs, Religion / No comments

Long thought of as socially more tolerant than the U.S., Europe is also a bastion of statist and anti-individual thought. There is also a notable split between the older nations ...

Objective Government

December 16th, 2006 / Current Affairs / 4 comments

Cross-posted at American Chronicle. A commenter recently asked:Do you see a sort of "Star Trek Federation of Planets" rising out of our present situation (for this one planet, obviously) ...

No Sleep–er Cell

December 14th, 2006 / Current Affairs, Television / 2 comments

Sleeper Cell returns with Al-Sayeed in command of a new cell, working for both sides and feeding information to the FBI. This time, the orders involve a nuclear attack. But ...

We Are All At Fault For Sudan Carnage

December 8th, 2006 / Current Affairs / 8 comments

Like the American inaction in Rwanda, which Bill Clinton called the worst mistake of his presidency, [New Yorker article] the Sudan crisis shows the ineffectiveness of the world's governments, ...

Atheism Online

December 6th, 2006 / Admin / 5 comments

Exciting news! I've recently acquired the domain atheismonline.com. I'm working on getting that site back up as quickly as possible. The former owner of the site was no longer ...