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The Fascism Checklist

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 11, 2015 • 9 comments

Prolific atheist blogger and all around stand up fellow Jack Vance wrote a post yesterday entitled “Trump is Not Hitler.”…

Graph of the Week – Gun Homicide and Mass Shootings

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 8, 2015 • 2 comments

Yesterday afternoon, I spent some time chatting with a friend and correspondent of mine about homicide and the natural human…

Atheism Plus Pendant by Surly Amy

A typology of social justice villainy

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 6, 2015 • 20 comments

When it comes to creating outgroup designations, Dr. Richard Carrier is the undisputed champion of the atheism plus “social justice”…

Faith-based thuggery at Goldsmiths

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 3, 2015 • 9 comments

Maryam Namazie recently gave a speech at the behest of Goldsmiths Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society, in which she made…

Graph of the Week – Campaign Ad Spending

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 2, 2015 • 11 comments

In case you missed Rachel Maddow last night, they featured an excellent bar graph in the lead segment which quantifies…

Giving Tuesday

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 1, 2015 • 3 comments

If you have any money left over after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, along comes “Giving Tuesday”…

The confluence of gun culture and “pro-life” culture

By Damion Reinhardt • Nov 30, 2015 • 3 comments

When I heard of the recent shooting in Colorado Springs, my first thought was literally: I hope it wasn’t anyone we…

What if they turn out to be violent religious fanatics?

By Damion Reinhardt • Nov 26, 2015 • No comments

Some of my liberal friends have been passing the following meme around, in hopes of providing historical perspective to those…

DawkBro and HoaxBoy

By Damion Reinhardt • Nov 25, 2015 • 13 comments

To my great surprise and mild chagrin, Richard Dawkins is still going on about Ahmed Mohamed and his clock. Don't…

Caleb Lack at TEDxUCO

By Damion Reinhardt • Nov 24, 2015 • 2 comments

My buddy Caleb Lack (of Great Plains Skeptic fame) is recovering from some sort of awful ordeal which I hope never to undertake.…

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