By August Berkshire Several years ago, three same-sex couples, collectively known as the organization “Marry Me Minnesota,” went to court in Hennepin County to apply for marriage licenses. They were refused. They then went to Minnesota District Trial Court, suing Read more
By Greg Laden “Whenever the people are well informed,” Thomas Jefferson wrote, “they can be trusted with their own government.” With this quote, Shawn Lawrence Otto, author of the newly published book “Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science Read more
Anti-science and creationist rhetoric, coming from organizations like the Discovery Institute, often paints Darwin as handmaiden to the Nazis and founder of racist biology. The eugenics movement of the early twentieth century is uncritically melded with Darwin’s writings that touched Read more
What do Billy Graham, Charles Darwin, Paul the Apostle, Mother Theresa, Richard Dawkins, and YOU have in common? They, you, and everyone were all born without beliefs in any god (Yahweh, Allah, Vishnu, Gilgamesh, Zeus, Poseidon, Odin, Baal, Thor, Anu, Read more
By Eric Jayne On Saturday, December tenth, several local atheists gathered with their gift donations at the Green Mill restaurant in St. Paul. Their mission: to donate and wrap presents for patients at Children’s Hospital of Minnesota. After enjoying a Read more