Thoughts from a Sandwich

I am in the process of debating a theist here. The topic, “Does God Exist?” is not very exciting, but he seemed quite enthusiastic about d...

Last Thursday I was listening to the Albert Mohler Program and he mentioned a book: The Invisible Constitution with the complaint, “Why—If ...

Do you know what an ”ad hoc” or “after-the-fact” argument is? It is taking a known conclusion and reviewing the facts in attempt to fit th...

A tagging by The Barefoot Bum Can You Remember The Day That You Officially Became An Atheist? I remember the day I first contemplated the h...

The Barefoot Bum wrote an excellent blog entry entitled ”The Moral Failure of Figurative Theology.” I am not quite ready for it to be consi...

How many times have we heard the phrase, “Atheists have to explain _____”? (Yes, I know. Atheists actually have to only explain is no god,...

This week I had an opportunity to hear Dr. Frank Turek , co-author of ”I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” speak at a local univers...

The most frustrating and patience-testing trials are those with new lawyers. Inexperienced trial lawyers. (We all had to try our first cas...

If you are the type to skip ahead to the conclusion; I will save you the trouble. I think the hypothesis they were two different people sol...

I have been having a discussion about the Secularization of America Here. (I know—I have been working on a blog entry. This has been more...

Anyone discussing with me knows I harp on and on about methodology. Here is a great example as to why. Senator McCain was interviewed and ...

“Are you better off now?” The election battle cry of President Reagan in 1980, asking the American populace whether they were in a better p...

Ezra Klien wrote an outstanding piece on the press’s involvement in the American election process. We have heard the phrase, “If you say it...

In the debate on abortion, the oft-heard phrase resounds, “I am against abortion except in the cases of rape, incest or life of the mother.”...

We know the experiment of Pavlov, when he rang a bell every time he fed a dog. Eventually he could make the dog salivate by ringing the bel...

Yesterday the Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate, Governor Palin, announced her 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant. First of a...

In our discussions we often hear the cry, “The skeptic has as much faith as the Christian.” Or “I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist....

Ever go on a trip with a teenager who is firmly convinced they will not like it? Guess what—it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. They ha...

Because it has become the “art-of-the-deal.” Plea bargaining is a necessary part of our legal system. It is an offer to the accused that i...