Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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Revisiting George Carlin’s prophetic 1992 performance at Madison Square Garden immortalized on HBO. From the philosophical to the profane, Mr. Carlin peered decades into the future... “You know my favorite part of that war?” The legendary comedian George Carlin remarked in one of his many HBO Specials. “It’s the first war we ever had that… Continue reading George Carlin: The legendary comedian was right even when he was wrong
Does anyone really want to live in a world where you can be forced to create something against your conscience for any reason? Last week, progressives were appalled when the Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado law could not force a Christian website designer to develop a site that promotes gay marriage. The decision… Continue reading No, the government cannot compel speech for any reason
There might have been a time when existence was so bleak and life so cheap, humanity had little choice except to hope for more, but that period has long passed and developed countries, at least, are world’s of plenty. As an atheist, I’ve been occasionally asked how one copes with the idea that this life… Continue reading An atheist’s case for optimism in the face of oblivion
However absurd life may seem at times, and certainly life and absurdity go hand in hand from our limitations as a human being to our precarious position in a universe that cares nothing for us, there’s always an excuse to party. I’m certainly not the first one to comment on the absurdity of human existence. … Continue reading This Fourth of July, celebrate the absurdity of human existence with a bang
An activist and a doctor appear before Congress. One insists that female tennis players are “stronger” than men. The other claims she can’t comment because she’s not a sports medicine physician. This is the peak of a delusion that has ramifications for everyone. Over the past month, not one, but two progressive defenders of a… Continue reading Welcome to the peak of our gender delusions
The same as Logan’s children seek to inherit his creation without having done the hard work of building it, hard work which included shady deals, sacrificing morals when convenient, cutting corners when necessary, and screwing over competitors, we inherit a world built by giants from Thomas Edison to Teddy Roosevelt and have no idea what… Continue reading For better or worse, Succession is the ideal show for our times
Rather than focusing on freaking out the squares, Pride Month should honor great thinkers and achievers throughout history who were members of the LGBTQ community. Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest thinkers of all time, is one such figure who led a tumultuous, very public life and produced some of the most cherished works… Continue reading Leonardo da Vinci: A modest proposal for Pride Month
The Titanic claims another five victims in a story that might be even more illustrative of humanity’s boundless pride than the original tragedy. If the sinking of the world’s largest ocean liner was Shakespeare, the implosion of the Titan is Vonnegut in a sad sign of the decline of our times. For generations, the Titanic… Continue reading The Titanic, the Titan, and humanity’s endless hubris
Big Sky Country is home to some of the most awe-inspiring vistas on the planet, from mountains to lakes and prairies, and some of the most amazing animals in the United States, but nature cannot hide the poverty plaguing small towns like Browning. Glacier National Park occupies 1,583 square miles in the northwestern corner of… Continue reading Montana’s breathtaking beauty and heartbreaking poverty, plus our encounter with a grizzly bear
The Wizard of Menlo Park invented the modern world, pioneering everything from recorded sound to the light bulb, but he did with an eccentricity inseparable from his unique genius. If Thomas Alva Edison had invented the phonograph alone, the world’s first device for recording and playing back sound, he would have been considered a genius. … Continue reading Thomas Edison and the eccentric nature of genius
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 