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. While virtually every single...

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: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

Over the last few months, the concept of “bailing out” failing businesses and industries has become pervasive. First it’s the banks failing due to their own greed and an excess of government intervention in the lending process. Next is the auto industry staggering under its own weight and failure to innovate. Most recently it’s the newspapers, finally falling prey to the inevitable death of the old media from the...

Like a lot of you, I’m still digesting the final episode to, in my opinion, one of the best science fiction series ever aired: Battlestar Galactica. I’ve watched the series since it’s sex-laden first season and watched it mature from a bow-chicka-wow-wow drama in space to an intense science fiction drama. The acting is superb, the space effects amazing and the story compelling. So now that the Galactica has finally been...

Every year I hear the same thing. Valentines day sucks! Fuck Valentines day! BOOO Valentines day! Ur Mom, Valentines day! It’s just another corporate holiday to suck your wallet and soul dry. DOWN WITH VALENTINES DAY! And you know what? You’re right. Valentines day is the son of Satan sodomizing kittens and puppies as he laughs manically,  making off with your wallet while you’re standing in a puddle of heart broken...