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Review: Beyond Religion
I usually don’t recommend books written by religious leaders – but this is an exception: Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by the Dalai Lama. Perhaps the title is a give-away – the book...
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Wick-ed: Va. Principal Attacks Public Schools – While Happily Accepting A...
There are educators in my family, so I know a few things about how challenging that profession can be. The hours are long, the pay is often mediocre and the working conditions are sometimes not great....
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Science and the Folly of Faith
Book Review: God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion by Victor Stenger. Price: US13.46; NZ$22.60 Paperback: 408 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books; Original edition...
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The Jefferson Lies: David Barton’s New Collection of Whoppers
I have obtained a copy of David Barton’s new book, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson. I haven’t read the entire tome yet but did spend some time...
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Do atheists need religion?
I was in no hurry to read this book - Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion. It got such bad reviews. And I really wasn’t impressed by Alain de Botton’s contribution to...
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Review: “The Letter” by Marie Tillman
Review of The Letter, My Journey Through Love, Loss, and Life by Marie Tillman, published in 2012. Note: All references are from the iPhone eBook version. This version has 557 pages in its vertical...
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“I Wonder” by Annaka Harris teaches children it’s OK to question and not know
Here’s a wonderful idea for a children’s book. A book encouraging children to question and appreciate the world around them. A book that isn’t afraid to tell kids “I don’t know!” It’s the brainchild...
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That particle again
This week sees the launch of another book on the Higgs Boson. This one is by the cosmologist Sean Carroll – The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the...
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Morality and non-human animals
Book review: Can Animals Be Moral? by Mark Rowlands Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 1, 2012) ISBN-10: 0199842000 ISBN-13: 978-0199842001 Interested readers need...
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New secular resources on web
This article, originally published November 2010, has been link-checked (all are still active) and updated with some additional resources for your web-surfing enjoyment! While cruising the Web, I have...
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Historical fiction: “The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth”
Sometimes a historical fiction by a good and responsible author can be very informative. One such is "The Sky's Dark Labyrinth", about Galileo and Kepler. Related articles: Galileo’s revolutionary...
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Random Book Blogging: Sally Kern elaborates … By saying the same thing
It took me just about two hours to make it through "The Stoning of Sally Kern: The Liberal Attack on Christian Conservatism - And Why We Must Take a Stand" which pretty much tells you all you need to...
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Are scientists hostile to religion?
Book review: Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think by Elaine Howard Ecklund. This book reports on the recent "Religion among Academic Scientists US" research project identifying the range...
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A secular bible
Here's something for your summer reading: The Good Book: A Humanist Bible. I purchased it recently and am enjoying browsing through it. It's a collection of wise sayings, proverbs, etc. Ideal for...
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Pat Churchland on the science of morality
Pat Churchland's "Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality" approaches the same topic Sam Harris did in "The Moral Landscape", from a different perspective. Related articles: Is there a...
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