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A few things you might not know about the Hobby Lobby case

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 30, 2014 • 14 comments

I’ve been seeing a good deal of overcooked hyperbole and half-baked analysis on the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case, and…

Fashioning A Cosmic Tombstone

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 29, 2014 • 9 comments

Just kicking back on the couch listening to Schubert and reading Shakespeare the other day, when Richard Dawkins tweeted this: Sun…

Freethought #FridayReads – The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (REPOST)

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 27, 2014 • No comments

From the time of Matthew and Luke unto this day, there is a longstanding tradition of rewriting the life of…

Traditional public forums and quasi-protestors

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 26, 2014 • No comments

At least two aspects of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in McCullen v. Coakley seem (at least to me, at…

Walking with Pride

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 25, 2014 • 1 comment

From my friend Toni, we have a comparison of marching in the Halloween Parade and the Pride Parade here in OKC:…

Graph of the Week – Aboriginal Designations

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 24, 2014 • 3 comments

[Data source] It is to the great misfortune of the professional football franchise in Washington D.C. that they picked the…

When are leaks okay?

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 22, 2014 • 18 comments

I have been a member of various secret or closed online groups over the years, most of which came with the…

Chart of the Week – Wealthly and Wise

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 19, 2014 • No comments

The U.S. and China are notable outliers here, but the general trend is towards the acceptance of secular morality as…

It’s all Greek to me

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 17, 2014 • 3 comments

I can see two distinct possible interpretations of this meme. The author of the meme may be truly ignorant of…

Thanks, Camp Quest!

By Damion Reinhardt • Jun 14, 2014 • No comments

Every year, for the past few years now, we pick up our firstborn from Camp Quest Oklahoma and he regales us…

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