RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
...debate between Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi David Wolpe, moderated by BSG Vice President, Nathan Herbert, on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at The College at Brockport on the question: "Why Does God Matter?". The debate filled the venue to capacity with nearly seven hundred attendants
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
ARTICLE: Don't Forget About India, By Christopher Hitchens, Slate, Nov. 30, 2009 Another seat taken on the bandwagon. Nice bit from Hitchens that contrasts India and Pakistan over the future of Afghanistan. Hint: one is our true friend and the...
Memex 1.1 (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Lovely piece by Christopher Hitchens in Slate. Writing about Sarah Palin in Newsweek last month, I pointed out the crude way in which she tried to Teflon-ize herself when allegations of weird political extremism were made against her. Thus, she had once gone to a Pat Buchanan rally wearing a pro-Buchanan button, but only because she [...]
Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Christopher Hitchens has an article at Slate about Sarah Palin’s increasingly open extremism, and points out that one of Palin’s new advisers is Fred Malek — the Nixon administration hatchetman who infamously compiled a list of Jews to be fired from the Department of Labor: Sarah Palin’s brand of populism is dangerous and deceptive . On Saturday night, she was...
Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Christopher Hitchens has an article at Slate about Sarah Palin’s increasingly open extremism, and points out that one of Palin’s new advisers is Fred Malek — the Nixon administration hatchetman who infamously compiled a list of Jews to be fired from the Department of Labor: Sarah Palin’s brand of populism is dangerous and deceptive . On Saturday night, she was...
Living the Scientific Life (Scienti (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
tags: debate , catholics , religion , atheism , Zeinab Badawi , Stephen Fry , Christopher Hitchens , John Onaiyekan , Ann Widdecombe , BBC News , streaming video This debate centers on the question: The Catholic Church is a force for good. Presenting this debate is Zeinab Badawi. Arguing for this statement is Archbishop John Onaiyekan, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja and the President...
Asterpix Interactive Video (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Christopher Hitchens battles Shashi Tharoor, chaired by Joan Bakewell Vigorous late-night debate around the Danish cartoons, David Irving, and contrarian cul... Author: asterbot88 Keywords: atheism, Atheist, Agnosticism, Agnostic, Disbelief, Reason, Science, Proof, Faith, Belief, God, ID, Philosophy, Debate, Blockingheads, Christopher, Hitchens, ... Added: December 03,...
thomasfortenberry.net (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Christopher Hitchens, speaking today on MSNBC’s Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan, made a great point on Afghanistan: America should build-up the entire Afghan economy by buying their poppy crops and making medicine out of it, simultaneously destroying the Taliban by removing their source of income and supplying medicine to the world. I actually like this [...]
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The admonition not to rush to judgment or jump to conclusions might sound fair and prudent enough, perhaps even statesmanlike when uttered by the president, as long it's borne in mind that such advice is itself a judgment that is more than halfway to a conclusion. What it plainly implies in the present case is that the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan should not be assumed in any meaningful way to...
Hitchens Watch (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to listen to Christopher Hitchens relate his version of the fable of the origins of Islam. "Islam when examined is not much more than a a rather obvious ill-arranged set of plagiarisms", he pontificates, echoing what some of his fellow pedants must surely have thought but had the decency not to say about his book on old Tom Paine. Musing...
It Seems to Me... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Since 9/11, several atheists — most prominently Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett — have stepped up their criticism of religious beliefs. To these "New Atheists", religious moderates are as bad as religious extremists:Here's Dawkins:However, the moderate, sensible religious people you've cited make the world safe for the extremists...
Vox Popoli (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Predator sends an article about the failure of the New Atheism with the comment: "So people with Asperger's AREN'T the best ambassadors for atheism?" Three years ago Wired magazine popularized the term "New Atheism" with a cover story about the "crusade against belief" launched by Richard Dawkins (No. 18), Daniel Dennett, and Sam Harris. (Christopher Hitchens,...
www.markdroberts.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
By now, we’re quite familiar with the so-called “new atheism” and its primary preachers: Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and company. These men have in common a deep digust for religion and a barbed tongue. Their approach to converting people majors in anger and attack, though, strangely enough, it claims to be exemplary in [...]
The Atheist Experience (Free subscription) | yesterday
... that the "militant atheism" strategy pursued by scientists like Richard Dawkins , Christopher Hitchens, etc., may turn out to achieve precisely the opposite of its goal. The strident, aggressive stance taken by these "atheist preachers" can easily be seen by many theists as offensive, and consequently strengthen their faith and encourage the formation of a stereotype...
Muse with Indy Jane (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Mark Steyn, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski , Steve Emerson, Christopher Hitchens , Natan Sharansky , and many others. (Videos of many of these interviews are available at AtlasShrugs.com.) She routinely confers with leading scholars on the Middle East, Islam, Eurabia , China and Russia. Atlas has broken numerous important stories -- notably the...
