Hector Avalos has recently written an amusing article ‘The Puritan War on Christmas’ correctly pointing out that Christmas was originally illegal in the United States.
Self-Control can be improved through brain stimulation. Maybe these are the baby steps on the road to erasing criminal behavior altogether?
Check out Matthew Ferguson’s blog. He’s a doctoral student of Classics who blogs about the many false claims about ancient history made by Christians in support of their faith. He blogs about this stuff in a style that is easy to understand and exciting, just like listening to Carl Sagan talk about science. In particular, I recommend Outside Corroboration and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Griffin Beak, Mermaid Fin, and Dragon blood soup. Ferugon has also placed my books (Atheism and Naturalism and Extraordinary Claims, Extraordinary Evidence) on his Recommended Reading List.
