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Darkest Before the Dawn

There has been a lot of great pro-atheist/secular press lately. Among the good news is a recent study showing a vast increase in the number of people calling themselves non-religious, and the decreasing numbers calling themselves religious. While I am heartened by this news and proud that the admitted non-religious now make up the third largest religious demographic, something in this report raised my eyebrow.

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You Do Have a Right to Remain Silent

You hear a lot about free speech lately. Usually it's someone complaining about some business or some person infringing on their right to exercise that free speech. Something I've noted about most of these complaints has always bugged me. Allow me to quote the actual First Amendment so we all start at the same place:

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Freakin’ Sweet

Like most of the geeky internet folk, I tuned in to watch the Family Guy episode last Sunday night. Like a lot of folks, I suspect, I was initially teased in by the reuniting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast that FG's creator, Seth MacFarlane, was teasing to bring in viewers. I'm a big FG fan and don't need much of a "hook" to get me to watch. The ST:TNG gag was more than enough. I went in expecting a decently amusing show. What I got was freakin' sweet.

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