Author Archives: The Militant One

“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” from the song “Free Will” by Rush At last month’s Drinking Skeptically, there were a couple of newbies there. As I usually try to do, I asked them … Continue reading →

Today’s Post-Gazette had an excellent column from Tony Norman. In it he pointed out the danger from the Dominionists. These people have been around for over a hundred years, so their ideas are nothing new. And for the most part, … Continue reading →

Much to the consternation of the Republican leadership, the dingbat won the Iowa straw poll on Saturday. You know the one – the one also called the evangelical primary. This points up just how idiotic that segment of the population … Continue reading →

           Anyone living in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and especially the Greater Pittsburgh area, is very aware of the ongoing struggle for monopolistic control of all facets of health care by the two giants, Highmark and UPMC. That is, of course, … Continue reading →

           I used to be of the opinion that it was okay for people to believe whatever hokey nonsense they wanted to believe because it didn’t affect me one way or the other. But about a month ago, I … Continue reading →

              Last fall, at the Greta Christina event entitled What the Atheist Movement Can Learn From the Gay Movement, there was a very spirited Q&A afterwards. During that Q&A, Kristine made the observation that her atheist friends were much … Continue reading →

  Quick – what is a christian? Or better yet, what is a believer? Pretty hard to pin down without a lot of verbiage and disclaimers. There is so much variation and range within such a label. And in the … Continue reading →

Last night, Rick Maue spoke at the CFI meeting. The title of his talk was “Bringing Skepticism Down to Earth”, and one of his main points was that building bridges to believers was far more productive than being confrontational. And … Continue reading →

This Thursday, CFI is proud to  bring Rick Maue to the Science Stage at Carnegie Science Center. Rick Maue For those that try to label him, Rick Maue would be called a “Mentalist” (although Rick himself doesn’t really like to … Continue reading →

I tend to be a bit of a sybarite. It should therefore be no surprise that I don’t like unpleasant surprises. So what does this have to do with anything? Let me explain.   In my dealings with religious zealots, … Continue reading →