Conservatives and God

Are protests like prayers?

It struck me today that protest is like prayer. Both involve supplication. Both make you feel good. Both are largely ineffective unless someone powerful is listening. But only protests can become violent.  A violent prayer no longer counts as prayer. To the extent that protests are like prayers, and to the extent that you believe […]

Journal editor resigns over 'problematic' climate paper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14768574 The editor of a science journal has resigned after admitting that a recent paper casting doubt on man-made climate change should not have been published. The paper, by US scientists Roy Spencer and William Braswell, claimed that computer models of climate inflated projections of temperature increase. It was seized on by “sceptic” bloggers, but […]

Confessions of an atheist

It’s common and normal to want all sorts of things, even if we know we probably or definitely won’t  get them. Wouldn’t you love to be smarter, more disciplined, more forgiving, and more serene? Wouldn’t it be great to have millions of dollars in the bank? Wouldn’t you like to be more physically attractive? Wouldn’t […]