Getting Real About the Past
A relative of mine (a fellow senior) forwarded the following e-mail to me: "We didn't have the green thing back thenHere is an old-timer's response to the incessant inundation we get on the "Green...
View ArticleAmerica's Regressive Tendencies
I recently came across a Youtube video calle "Heresy" based on a production by the late Carl Sagan (saganp b;Carl Sagan.(Heresy) [Carl Sagan Tribute Series, Part 20] - YouTube) In this beautifully...
View ArticleThe Two State Solution: A Risk Worth Taking
In the matter of the present stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians, I support the two-state solution. This is not because I trust the Palestinians to readily abandon their goal to exterminate...
View ArticleEurope's Islamic Experience And Its Implications for America
In accordance with their political open-mindedness, over the last few decades many of the countries of Western Europe, including Great Britain, have opened their borders to Muslim immigrants and...
View ArticleModeration vs. Materialism: Confronting the Shallowness of Self-Indulgence
A recent news article states that in light of economic hard times "many" Americans are reassessing what it takes to be happy in life. Supposedly, they are redefining "prosperity" by becoming less...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Alan Perlman
My friend Alan Perlman has an outstanding blog site "The Jewish Atheist". Alan is an ardent libertarian, a political and socioeconomic viewpoint with which I strongly disagree. He and I have been...
View ArticleJenni Lake And the Pro-Choice Movement
The controversy over abortion may seem to generate more heat than light especially when one considers the news item about Jenni Lake, which gives a somewhat different twist to the debate. Jenni was a...
View ArticleCaution: Belief in Creationism May Be Hazardous to Your Health (and Mine)
Last September I published a post on this site called "America's Regressive Tendencies" in which I discussed disturbing trends in Americans' rejection of science in favor of irrational religious...
View ArticleA Shot In the Arm for Childhood Immunization
I'm often critical of conservative religious and political right wing adherents for their absurd and regressive beliefs,e.g. creationism.. But the left is not exempt from equally untenable...
View ArticleCoping With Pesonal Tragedy: Two Perspectives
Thanks to Classmates.com, I've been able to reconnect with some of my fellow high school alumni. I was pleased to learn several months ago that one of these people, who also happened to be my next door...
View ArticleWhy It's Futile to Argue with Religionists
Trying to engage in or respond to believers, especially fundamentalists, in a discussion about religious issues can be frustrating. This is because they are usually so wrong on so many levels that...
View ArticleAn Unconventional Atheists Convention
According to a poll, the Philippines leads the world in the number of God-believers. So it's ironic that as an American atheist, I would wind up residing here. Yet, I've never felt uncomfortable as a...
View ArticleChristian and Islamic Misogyny: Two Sides of the Same Coin
There is a campaign underway in Egypt headed by a Muslim political party to restore the centuries-old practice of female genital mutilation. This custom which had been carried out for centuries was...
View ArticleAre There Wrong Reasons for Becoming an Atheist?
Most atheists including those who were previously religious are nonbelievers because they have used reason and logic to reach the conclusion that there's no evidence for the existence of god(s) and...
View ArticlePromoting Atheism Through Facebook
As one who was originally indifferent about social media, I joined Facebook a few years ago only at the behest of my wife's nephew who said that it's a more streamlined way than email to keep in touch...
View ArticlePower Points: Confronting Christian Privilege
Among the Jewish population, which constitutes only a small demographic minority in the U.S., it seems that there are various group-based approaches in dealing with the predominantly Christian...
View ArticleMoving On: Atheism's Role for Mankind's Advancement
It may seem too obvious at first glance to even bother stating that as the centuries have passed since the Bronze Age biblical era , humankind's knowledge and understanding of nature has grown at a...
View ArticleAn Argument Against Theistic-Based Humanism
Is it possible for a theistic religion no matter how liberal its doctrines to be truly humanistic? I have a close friend who's an ardent Reform Jew and who strongly believes that the two thought...
View ArticleWill Sandy Cause Election Day Chaos?
I was appalled to learn of the damage inflicted at this point (early morning Eastern time, Oct. 30) on a large section of America by Hurricane Sandy and the "frankenstorm" into which it has morphed....
View ArticleHooray! I Was Wrong
I'm glad to acknowledge that my worry was exaggerated about the possibility of Superstorm Sandy—as serious as it was—disrupting the 2012 elections. But beyond that, I'm also extremely relieved by the...
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