Corporal punishment/ spanking is still common in American Society, ignoring articles and studies demonstrating its negative effects. It tends to be more prevalent in the African American community, “time out” is seen as something decidedly “white.” I am often performing in front of a largely, young, African American crowd, and despite my reputation as an atheist poet, my pr... »
On Saturday Oct. 6th, Sacramento, Ca is having it’s 11th annual Freethought Day. There will be speakers, live entertainment, activities, an authors’ panel with Q&A and more. Speakers include, but are not limited to; Rebecca Hensler from Grief Beyond Belief, Steve Newton from NCSE, A.J. Johnson, Chris Lombardi from the Secular Coalition of America, Jessica Ahlquist, Mikey Weinstein ... »
Religion is to cult, as grass is to weeds, it’s all about perception. The unique aspect of Scientology is that it’s founding is only a few generations removed, there are people who can talk of their grand-father’s or great grandfather’s witnessing it’s birth, if they are so inclined. »
I want to warn you now, this update will make you tear up. You’ve been warned. It wasn’t my intention when I wrote this poem, it is a celebration of my golden Labrador that we put down February 13, 2007. We had Rocky (Mountains, not our name choice) for 13 years, pretty much half of my life, when we put him down, so he was definitely a member of our family. Recently one of our number h... »
On March 24th atheists, humanists, agnostics, brights, skeptics, pastafarians and many other rational, reasonable people will be gathering on the national mall in Washington D.C. »
So I have a new niece, yep, that’s her, she’s beautiful and great, and I’m saying that as a loving uncle, you know, completely unbiased. But she is also my brother’s child, obviously, who is agnostic, and his fiancé, who is a Christian, so I have to find a way to encourage my niece to be a free thinker without stepping on toes, I hope I can succeed. This is my first foray, ... »
On his last album As Above, So Below, Anthony David came out of the closet as an Atheist. If you missed his video for “God Said” when it made the rounds, you should definitely go give it a gander. On December 6th he will release his latest album, and the first single honors Carl Sagan and his iconic book Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. »
This week in America we are celebrating Thanksgiving, one of the celebrations of the establishment of the country. The history of which, up until recently, is usually whitewashed and nostalgic, so imagine the controversy stirred up in 1971 when Eugene McDaniels released a song critical of the history of America. Details after the jump. »
