Hot Off The Presses: SB Responds to Atheism+
In response to the Atheism + movement let me propose an alternative. Let’s call it S+B (Skepticism Plus But) to represent our commitment to skepticism, social change, and freedom of inquiry. That...
View ArticleAtheists, Don’t Do That!
On my Facebook page I opened a thread for suggestions as to what I should be writing about next. Some of the suggestions were great, and I plan to address them in the near future. But one in particular...
View ArticleBlogging Warfare
What exactly is the purpose of blogging? So far, at least in the atheist/skeptic/secular online community, all I’ve seen come of it is vicious attacks on bloggers and commenters for expressing...
View ArticleThey’ve Finally Done It! The Feminists Have Convinced Me I’m Not One Of Them.
More than that, I no longer want to be associated with the term “feminism” at all. It’s inherently sexist and favors one group over all others. Of course, I’m mainly talking about third-wave “gender”...
View ArticleA Letter To The Atheist Plus Movement
Dear Friends and Colleagues: Recently, I’ve heard a lot of concern and conjecture over why the old and new atheists don’t want the new-new atheist (A+) movement to go and “do its own thing.” At least...
View ArticleA+ to Ashes
In the wake of a certain female blogger’s protest over pro-equality t-shirts, another feminist blogger’s sudden hiatus immediately after expressing the need for Atheism Plus, and a real tragedy in the...
View ArticleAdvanced Level Netiquette
Unless you’re talking online to someone you already know, you cannot make accurate assumptions about them from their online persona or behavior. They could be male, female, black, white, Native...
View ArticleMiss Guy Talks About Bullying
The lovely and inspirational Miss Guy talks about being bullied when he was younger. But for a lot of us it doesn’t end there, since I constantly see similar bullying continuing on the Internet and...
View ArticleBoycott the Boy Scouts of America
My post on this topic — a part of a joint effort of US advocates for secularism (which is by no means an official group, since I just made it up) — will be short and sour. This year, attorneys...
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