POPULAR COMMENTARIES
RichardDawkins.net
The Gays Are Winning - and the Religious Right is Losing: What Nontheists Can Learn About the Success of the Homosexual Rights Movement 12/24/10
The New Inquisition: The Roman Catholic Man Cult's Modern War on Women 12/20/10
OpEdNews (some also found on Daily Kos)
The Great Contraceptive Slip Up 2/17/12
How Newt and the Theocon Embrace of His Adultery Expose the Decline of the Religious Right 2/6/12
The Ever-Lasting Theocon-Republican Dance with Family Values Super Hypocrisy 1/7/12
The Gays Are Winning - and the Religious Right is Losing: What Nontheists Can Learn About the Success of the Homosexual Rights Movement 12/24/10
The New Inquisition: The Roman Catholic Man Cult's Modern War on Women 12/20/10
OpEdNews (some also found on Daily Kos)
The Great Contraceptive Slip Up 2/17/12
How Newt and the Theocon Embrace of His Adultery Expose the Decline of the Religious Right 2/6/12
The Ever-Lasting Theocon-Republican Dance with Family Values Super Hypocrisy 1/7/12
Social Security is Nowhere Close to Being a Ponzi or Pyramid Scheme 9/9/11
Beauty is Not Evidence of the Gods 9/9/11 (public diary entry)
More On Why Religious Supernaturalism is Far From Universal 9/6/11 (public diary entry promoted to headline)
Can Science Be Used to Investigate the Existence and Nature of the Gods? 9/4/11 (public diary entry)
Who is One of Them There Atheists? Maybe You Are and Don't Even Know It 9/3/11 (public diary entry promoted to headline)
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part One 9/2/11
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part Two 9/5/11
The Death of Human Space Flight 7/21/11
Rachel Maddow for President! (And If Not Her, Someone Like Her) 12/6/10
Those Damn Republican Landmines 10/1/10
Why Those Who Oppose the Muslim Center Near Ground Zero are Committing Religious Bigotry as Much as They Deny It 9/10/10 (public diary entry)
The Undertold Story: The Vatican, the Mob, Super Ponzi Schemes, and MORE 7/3/10
At Long Last the Catholic Church Must Be Destroyed 6/11/10
Libertarian America: What the Ayn Rand-Paulian Tea Party Really Wants America to Become 6/5/10
Pope Claims Jesus Had the Brain of a Caveman! 5/15/10
Why Making Pope Pious XII a Saint is a Very Bad Idea 4/20/10
The Modern Conservative Sleaze Factor 2/3/10
Anti-Choice Madness, and Why God is Not Pro-Life 1/22/10
The Failed Christmas Airliner Attack is Inspiring a Lot of Bad Thinking Across the Political Spectrum 1/22/10
Conservative Christian Whiners 1/20/10
Bringing Creationism to Heel Requires Making America Less Socially Darwinistic 12/6/09
[Beginning of a continuing series]
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: Let's Start With Sex 2/1/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: A Look at Marriage and Divorce 2/8/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: Raising the Kids 2/14/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: The Big Picture, Part One 2/21/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: The Big Picture, Part Two 3/1/08
Why the Republicans and Their Religious Base are in a Lot More Trouble Than They Realize 12/18/08
John McCain, Fighter Pilot 9/20/08
Todd Palin: Future Co-President? 9/17/08
The Liar From Nowhere 9/13/08
Why the Right is Pulling Our Legs When They Say Big Government is Bad For America, and Bad For Them 9/12/08
Of Course It Matters 9/7/08
The Real McCain 8/31/08
The Gays Are Winning: Why That Spells Doom for the Religious Right 6/24/08
Why the Claim that Progressive Secular Values and Policies Are Bad For Societies is a Great Big Lie 1/18/08
The Real War on Xmas 1/2/08
The Real Reason the Religious Right is Losing America 12/16/07 with 1/8/08 revisions
Dissident Voice
Promoting Health Care, the Really Big Progressive Mistake 3/10/10
Another Bill O'Reilly SNAFU: Or Why the Social Right Cannot Win the Vulgarity War 4/28/08
If Socialized Medicine is Such a Bad Thing, Then Why Not Privatize the Police and Fire Departments? 4/2/08
McCain Versus Sound Science 3/9/08
Buckley's Big Mistake 3/5/08
LETTERS ON SCIENCE vs PSEUDOSCIENCE -
Reviews on Amazon
Dog Power (on a pseudoscientific book)
The Washington Post 10/31/99
Literary Fallout (on the state of science and science fiction)
Technology Review 2-3/95
LETTERS ON WORLD EVENTS -
The Goal of Those Demonstrations (on Occupy Wall Street)
The Washington Post 10/7/11
Beauty is Not Evidence of the Gods 9/9/11 (public diary entry)
More On Why Religious Supernaturalism is Far From Universal 9/6/11 (public diary entry promoted to headline)
Can Science Be Used to Investigate the Existence and Nature of the Gods? 9/4/11 (public diary entry)
Who is One of Them There Atheists? Maybe You Are and Don't Even Know It 9/3/11 (public diary entry promoted to headline)
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part One 9/2/11
Can We Please Stop Pretending That Christianity is Anti-Socialism? Please? Part Two 9/5/11
The Death of Human Space Flight 7/21/11
Rachel Maddow for President! (And If Not Her, Someone Like Her) 12/6/10
Those Damn Republican Landmines 10/1/10
Why Those Who Oppose the Muslim Center Near Ground Zero are Committing Religious Bigotry as Much as They Deny It 9/10/10 (public diary entry)
The Undertold Story: The Vatican, the Mob, Super Ponzi Schemes, and MORE 7/3/10
At Long Last the Catholic Church Must Be Destroyed 6/11/10
Libertarian America: What the Ayn Rand-Paulian Tea Party Really Wants America to Become 6/5/10
Pope Claims Jesus Had the Brain of a Caveman! 5/15/10
Why Making Pope Pious XII a Saint is a Very Bad Idea 4/20/10
The Modern Conservative Sleaze Factor 2/3/10
Anti-Choice Madness, and Why God is Not Pro-Life 1/22/10
The Failed Christmas Airliner Attack is Inspiring a Lot of Bad Thinking Across the Political Spectrum 1/22/10
Conservative Christian Whiners 1/20/10
Bringing Creationism to Heel Requires Making America Less Socially Darwinistic 12/6/09
[Beginning of a continuing series]
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: Let's Start With Sex 2/1/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: A Look at Marriage and Divorce 2/8/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: Raising the Kids 2/14/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: The Big Picture, Part One 2/21/08
Why is Secular European Society Doing So Much Better Than God-Fearing America?: The Big Picture, Part Two 3/1/08
Why the Republicans and Their Religious Base are in a Lot More Trouble Than They Realize 12/18/08
John McCain, Fighter Pilot 9/20/08
Todd Palin: Future Co-President? 9/17/08
The Liar From Nowhere 9/13/08
Why the Right is Pulling Our Legs When They Say Big Government is Bad For America, and Bad For Them 9/12/08
Of Course It Matters 9/7/08
The Real McCain 8/31/08
The Gays Are Winning: Why That Spells Doom for the Religious Right 6/24/08
Why the Claim that Progressive Secular Values and Policies Are Bad For Societies is a Great Big Lie 1/18/08
The Real War on Xmas 1/2/08
The Real Reason the Religious Right is Losing America 12/16/07 with 1/8/08 revisions
Dissident Voice
Promoting Health Care, the Really Big Progressive Mistake 3/10/10
Another Bill O'Reilly SNAFU: Or Why the Social Right Cannot Win the Vulgarity War 4/28/08
If Socialized Medicine is Such a Bad Thing, Then Why Not Privatize the Police and Fire Departments? 4/2/08
McCain Versus Sound Science 3/9/08
Buckley's Big Mistake 3/5/08
LETTERS ON SCIENCE vs PSEUDOSCIENCE -
Reviews on Amazon
Dog Power (on a pseudoscientific book)
The Washington Post 10/31/99
Literary Fallout (on the state of science and science fiction)
Technology Review 2-3/95
LETTERS ON WORLD EVENTS -
The Goal of Those Demonstrations (on Occupy Wall Street)
The Washington Post 10/7/11