Good News: A Pew Report into the future of religion in America. You can get a synopsis of the report here.
SCOTUS hands the religious right an unexpected loss. Don’t expect it to last.
The US Constitution is not based on the Bible.
Harmful beliefs deserve no respect. You have rights, your beliefs do not.
Poland must repeal ‘blasphemy law’ after pop star vindicated.
Another young woman has died in the custody of the morality police in Iran.
“I’m an atheist and I vote,” says proud Alabaman in Constitution Day billboard. Rhode Island has another one.
World of Woo: The new King of Quackery.
Environment: Why are there still climate change deniers?
In Science there are no universal truths, just views of the world that are yet to be shown as false.
Homo sapiens were not the first humans and the earliest human fossils in South Africa are much older than we thought. The road to humanity was a long one, and we are still exploring its byways.
Long Reads: The Catholic Church is bankrolling the assault on Women’s Rights. Is fandom a cult? How to read philosophy. The Hollow Earth hypothesis and falsifiable science. Climate Change is having a detrimental effect on people’s mental health. Librarians who won’t stay quiet. This island is going trash free—by recycling all of its waste. The Will to Fight. Never apologize for trying to tell the Truth.
Podcast: How SCOTUS is weaponizing religious freedom.
Sunday Book Club: Small Things Like These. (I have a small bet on it winning the Booker prize).
Some photographs taken last week. Astronomy photographer of the year.
While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……
Coffee Break Video: The life-long learner. Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss: From Selfish Gene to Flights of Fancy. I hold no opprobrium towards the sesquipedalian oratory of Stephen Fry.
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