The conversation I never want to believe I’m having

Atheists, and nontheists of all stripes, really, have all probably had The Conversation. It’s the one that starts, innnocuously enough, with the question “if you don’t believe in God, what makes you want to act morally?”
I had it again this weekend, and was left with the usual dumbfounded, incredulous, no I don’t want to believe [...]

PZ on the American Patriarchal Association’s Hallmark Boycott

PZ writes:
Anyway, Wildmon is asking his flock to send negative letters to Hallmark. How about taking a moment to send the very best to thank Hallmark for being non-discriminatory? Use the AFA’s form, or email directly to Donald J. Hall.
Bonus action! Since poor Don is having a snit over being left out, maybe we can [...]

The Business of Fancydancing

Tonight, after a long day at work that had followed a long night of not sleeping, and was in turn followed by a nap and a growing sensation of not Feeling Right (a cyclical occurrence of late, ever since a bout of food-poisoning last month), I sat down and watched Sherman Alexie’s The Business of [...]