I’m not sure if the news has penetrated the USA, but I feel like I need to provide a summary of the events that have led up to the temporary time-out of our government. Also, I…

This election season, while generally a triumph for America’s leading center-left political party, saw a number of ballot initiatives of questionable libertarian merit succeed in several states. However, one of these initiatives, a Colorado proposal to…

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Here’s an interesting bit from a recent interview with president-elect Barack Obama:

JIM ANGLE: He was asked what he’s been doing to get ready for office and whether he talked to any previous Presidents.

PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA:…

There’s a lot of hope and excitement in the (more progressive) USA right now. Except of course at Pharyngula.

Bitter ol’ PZ Myers (I know the man’s not truly bitter) wrote a couple of posts since the…

Christopher Hitchens, bestselling author of God Is Not Great and an advocate of Atheism ranked with the likes of Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion) appeared on the O’Reily Factor yesterday night. Laura Ingraham interviewed him on…

Good news everyone! Barack Obama isn’t the only candidate who has ties with Kenya, and our next vice president has +35 defense against witchcraft. So put away your voodoo dolls and eyes of newt everyone. It…

I have to appreciate Christianity Today’s post on religion in political cartoons. Here’s a sample (click through for a few more).

James Dobson, the fundamentalist who heads up the dominionist movement known as the Family Research Council is pissing me off. Even after I blocked them they still keep on sending me e-mails; apparently Lagos, Nigeria is…

For me the work of the secular humanist movement is no less than a high stakes political game.

I have lived in Texas for the last 18 years. In my time in Texas I have seen one…

Last month, I wrote about how tired I was that so much of this year’s election coverage has been about which of our two leading American presidential candidates loves Jesus more. This remains the case-I still…