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Graph of the Week — On Tenterhooks In Oklahoma

By Damion Reinhardt • Mar 1, 2016 • 2 comments

Surprisingly enough, Oklahoma has become a battleground state in the Democratic primary process; the 538 polls-plus model makes this abundantly…

Professor Click Sacked

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 28, 2016 • 6 comments

You may well recall the altercation between Professor Melissa Click and student journalist Mark Schierbecker on the Carnahan Quadrangle, in…

Freethought #FridayReads — Hitch-22

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 26, 2016 • No comments

In light of recently breaking news about Iranian media organizations raising large sums of money to suborn the assassination of…

Anti-vax Moms Help Defeat Pro-Vaccination Bill

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 24, 2016 • 3 comments

Last summer, we got word that State Senator Ervin Yen would introduce legislation designed to decrease the number of non-vaccinated…

Atheist and Secular Oklahomans Lobby Day

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 23, 2016 • No comments

Today was the second annual Atheist & Secular Oklahomans Lobby Day which was pretty much what it says on the tin.…

Pro-rape preaching in the name of Jesus

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 21, 2016 • 4 comments

Whenever anyone asks me for a specific example of rape culture, I break open my Bible. Usually, I show them Numbers…

Graph of the Week – Smart Money in SC

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 19, 2016 • No comments

A couple days ago, I recklessly speculated that the presidential race is ultimately going to come down to two challengers…

Election 2016, Final Four Brackets

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 17, 2016 • 5 comments

[Content note: This post is highly speculative and not particularly rooted in skepticism.] Americans are getting to the point in the…

Not Getting Involved in Controversy

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 14, 2016 • No comments

“[N]ot getting involved in controversy is one of those things I’m not particularly talented at.” — Richard Dawkins, ~5:15 “The…

SlymePit Podcast w/ Sargon of Akkad

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 13, 2016 • 2 comments

Talking to members of The Slyme Pit, the #GamerGate of the Atheist movement https://t.co/XYdTsNYsLL — Carl Benjamin (@Sargon_of_Akkad) February 13,…

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