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Culturally relevant school, religion and school choice

Posted in Education policy, Religion, Writing on May 2, 2008 | Comments Off

I’m an atheist.  I believe that most religious/spiritual beliefs are superstitions, totally unfounded and indicative of a less questioning  mind.  I generally believe that, at least in the US, religion is “mostly harmless”.  (The exception is things like intelligent design, but that regularly gets trounced in court.)   I am also a strong believer in [...]

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Historical newspaper articles crack me up

Posted in Being a scholar, History, Religion, Research on February 2, 2008 | Comments Off

I’m working on a proposal for a History of Education Conference, and in the process looking at a bunch of newspaper articles from the time period (1840-1842 NYC).  Journalistic styles were far less…uhm…strict. This particular article is talking about the public school commissioners election and basically talks about how all the big groups are putting [...]

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Apparently atheists aren’t American

Posted in Religion, news on December 7, 2007 | Comments Off

“Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.” Mitt Romney, 12/6/2007 Does this mean I get to stop paying taxes?  Since my citizenship has just been revoked…. “Any believer in religious freedom, any person who has knelt in prayer to the Almighty, has a friend and ally in me.” [...]

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Things that are making me cranky today….

Posted in Jobs, Politics, Religion, Whining, news on December 7, 2007 | Comments Off

There are a great number of things making me cranky today.  Here’s a summary: Mitt Romney’s speech and the religious pandering of all the candidates.  (I love this summary, and hate what it means for the country.) The imminent mortgage bail-out for those who overextended themselves, but only the ones that timed it right (so [...]

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Carnival of the Godless

Posted in Religion on November 11, 2007 | Comments Off

One of my posts is included in the Carnival of the Godless this week.  Along with mine there are several other articles that I think are worth drawing further attention to. How Religion, Religious Groups, and Beliefs are Privileged:  Studies still find that atheists are America’s most distrusted minority, ranking below Muslims, recent immigrants, homosexuals [...]

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Politics and religion

Posted in Religion on November 2, 2007 | Comments Off

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Explaining religion…

Posted in Religion on October 31, 2007 | Comments Off

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Things that worry me about the U.S.

Posted in Other, Religion on October 30, 2007 | Comments Off

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Being a scholar means examining your own values

Posted in Being a scholar, Change, Education policy, Religion on October 16, 2007 | Comments Off

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