Atheist Ethicist

In this post, I want to explain the importance of using harsh language, at times, in making a moral point. It is not only a tactical mistake...

Old Business: Phone Database News reports today have Verizon and South Bell denying that they provided customer data to the NSA. This sugg...

In previous posts, I have criticized the idea of a " windfall profits tax " against the oil companies. I have also criticized laws...

The reason that I am spending so much time and effort on the NSA wiretaps and phonecall database is because I consider the underlying issue ...

This is the third in a series of posts concerned with the warrantless wiretapping and phone database that the Bush Administration has engage...

Yesterday, I tried to offer a statement on the issue of Bush’s phone call database for those who are truly confused about those who would be...

I wrote a different (but related) blog today on the Hayden nomination for the CIA. I thought it relevant to write about the fact that the Bu...

For as long as I can remember, I have had to put up with the bigoted assertion that society must beware of the atheist, because he lacks a m...

In the news yesterday I read of a study that concludes that, on matters of sex, the brains of lesbians are more the brains of heterosexual ...

Vjack pointed out in a comment to Saturday's blog on “ Militant Atheists ” that some atheists consider the Pledge issue to be a poorly...

Yesterday, I wrote about how ‘ militant atheists ’ are made a scapegoat for bigotry against atheists – a claim that, it seems, even many ath...

I have been spending some time browsing through some discussions on the claim that atheists are the most hated group in the nation . I find ...

Some recent discussion has focused on the issue of civil disobedience and the requirements for such an act. In principle (and in practice)...