Uh oh, I think I’m a True Liberal now

Last night, I was in the wedding party for my friend’s gay wedding. (No, it doesn’t have any legal standing in the United States. Although, gay couples can spend lots of money to get legal documents allowing them to – for example – visit each other in the hospital when only “family members” [...]

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Billboard from Freedom From Religion Foundation

There’s plenty of cases of Christians putting up Anti-Atheist, Pro-Christian, Pro-Creationist, Anti-Evolution billboards. I think this might be the first one from atheists/agnostics. Pretty cool.

[Via Ex-Christian.net]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation’s largest association of atheists and agnostics, is unveiling what is believed to be the first nontheistic billboard in [...]

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Testing the Supernatural + Intelligent Design

I have to agree with Phil Plait when he says that science can evaluate the supernatural. He says:
The latest blurting about this comes from a scientist quoted in a book review. In the review, the science journalist says:
As scientists at Iowa State University put it last year, supernatural explanations are “not within the scope [...]

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Islam and Science, Islam and Backwardsness

Physics Today has an article written by a Pakistani Physicist about the state of Islamic Science. It’s a decent article, but if you want to know what he says, you’ll have to read it. I’m just going to comment on one section of the article:
As intolerance and militancy sweep across the Muslim world, [...]

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David Letterman, Paris Hilton Interview

I thought this David Letterman interview is pretty funny. It would be nice if reporters would hold politicians on the questions that they didn’t want to answer. Instead, they’re spineless because the reporter needs the interview more badly than the politician.

It kind of reminded me of his interview with [...]

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