Daily Archives: September 6, 2012

Atheists Out of the Closet: Speaking Truth to Hypocritical Religion at the Democratic Convention

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Santi Tafarella

I find this life affirming. At the Democratic Convention yesterday, secular people acted up and got off script, shouting no to making inane references to “God” (whatever that ultimately means) in politics. Naturally, the Republicans pounced and demagogued the moment. But what … Continue reading →

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Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Watch: Junk DNA is Not Junk

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Santi Tafarella

This is in the New York Times today: The human genome is packed with at least four million gene switches that reside in bits of DNA that once were dismissed as “junk” but that turn out to play critical roles … Continue reading →

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So Good It Hurts

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Santi Tafarella

Michael Tomasky on Bill Clinton’s Democratic Convention speech: Holy smokes. That was the best political speech more or less ever. There wasn’t a thing he didn’t touch on, and there wasn’t a thing he didn’t just blast out of the … Continue reading →

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Sandra Fluke: “When a young woman has been verbally attacked,” President Obama “thinks of his daughters, not his delegates or his donors.”

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Santi Tafarella

Sandra Fluke made a powerful observation at the Democratic Convention yesterday: Our president, when he hears a young woman has been verbally attacked, thinks of his daughters — not his delegates or his donors — and stands with all women. … Continue reading →

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