Atheist Ethicist

In an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , Dan Savage proposed that we amend the Constitution to include a right to privacy. In the case Gr...

Forida's " Just Read, Forida! " program has an event, funded in part by No Child Left Behind, focused on the book, The Lion, t...

Michael Newdow announced recently that he intends to file a lawsuit to have the words "In God We Trust" removed from our money. I...

I can't actually believe that I find myself in a situation where I am writing this blog entry. It is a bit like discovering that I need ...

There is one area in ethics where I think that the Judeo-Christian commandments provide better guidance than modern terminology. We recogniz...

In a story about "What Democrats can learn from Kaine's Virginia victory," Newsweek quoted the governor-elect of Virginia as ...

I have once again been asked how an atheist like me could possibly find meaning in life -- if it not to be found in serving God. Imagine a...

Pat Robertson has warned the citizens of Dover to expect some type of catastrophe following its decision to expel 8 members of a school boa...

On Friday, November 11th, there will be a march and ceremony in Washington and elsewhere commemorating the military service of " atheis...

The instant that one election ends, the next election begins. Part of my interest in writing this blog is to pay attention to this next el...

When former President Clinton said, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." He pulled a technical trick that allowed hi...

Bill and Melinda Gates In the last five years, Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) and his wife Melinda have given approximately $6 billion ...

Talks set up in Argentina to establish a " free trade zone " across the Americas. Some are celebrating this fact. Others are disap...