* There is yet another book out there on one of my favorite nut jobs: Ayn Rand. * My book review of Logicomix, a graphic novel about Bertrand Russell and the quest for the logical foundations of mathematics. * Another book review by yours truly: The...

The recent news coming out of the perennial war of ratings among cable news channels was shocking, I tell you, just shocking: CNN, which three decades ago invented the whole business of cable news, is now dead last in terms of prime time...

* Believe it or not, some Republicans can even vote against the prosecution of rape crimes. Watch the Jon Stewart commentary. * Can you be good without God? A million New Yorkers are. * The Big Apple has a new Coalition for Reason. * Jon Stewart...

There has been much discussion lately on this blog and elsewhere about the relationships among skepticism, atheism, and politics. I have roundly criticized Richard Dawkins for extending scientific skepticism into areas that are more properly the domain...

* A brief video discussion among a journalist, a philosopher and a scientist about what truth is. * Thoughtful post about why religious discourse seems to be conducted in a different way from discourse about any other sort of nonsense. * Paul Krugman...