We’ve talked before about how the U.S. needs to have a major overhaul in science education. The overall lack of understanding of how science works is detrimental to future progress.
Richard Dawkins had an interesting idea for combatting this. In a lecture called, Science, Delusion And The Appetite For Wonder, he cited a clarinet [...]
I made a big mistake.
I gave in to the requests of my three-year-old (because giving in is so much easier than saying “no”) and now I am an accomplice in the murder of Blake and Trinity’s friend-bug.
It was a florescent green happy flying bug. Even its wings were outlined in beautiful neon-green. [...]
Here is a newsletter (and donation request) I received from the president of the non-profit organization, Darwin Day Celebration:
Dear Noell Hyman,
First let me thank all of you for providing your names or e-mails as supporters of Darwin Day — the Celebration of Science and Humanity. If there is anything our nation currently needs, it [...]
I got two evolution-related newsletters this week that I thought many of you would be interested in. I’ll post them in two different entries so you can discuss each one if you would like to.
This first one is regarding the encroachment of religion into science education in the name of Intelligent Design. Remember [...]
Did you know today is World Humanist Day? Me neither. At least not until I read this article in the Humanist Network News.
I have an idea of what you can do to celebrate it. Some of my articles are now up and running on ClubMom. You can rate them and leave [...]
If you are new to this blog, please start with Part 1 and continue to Part 2.
Having moved to a new area, I had the luxury of introducing myself and my family for who we really were: a family struggling with religion. I scheduled an appointment with my new bishop right away to [...]
I have a request for a discussion topic. From Hifi:
I would be interested in hearing here from anyone else as to how they approach the subject of death with their children. How do you do it? If you don’t have children, what is your own view?
I would be interested in hearing here [...]
This week’s installment of the Humanist Network News is out today and includes my article, The End As We Know It.
I quoted two AgnosticMom readers who contributed to the discussion about death in the comments section. Since it would have broken the flow of the article to name them, I wanted to [...]
Perhaps “arbitrary” was the wrong word to use when I wrote last month’s article for the Humanist Network News.
Ben is right. Religious leaders did (do) not just throw a dart on the wall to randomly pick rules of conduct. But many of the rules sure seem arbitrary, especially when you see headlines like [...]
The following article is out of season. It is a new version (about 90% new) of a previous entry I wrote last February. I rewrote it for submission to ClubMom and decided to post it here, since it contains new information. It is a good reminder that there are important things to [...]
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