by Carl Howard | Dec 17, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Race
With such a tragedy hitting Sydney never has the expression opinions are like assholes –- everyone has one been more apt. Some of that talk has been racism and xenophobia (but not in my social media feeds, yay living in a bubble!) which should of course be condemned....
by Carl Howard | Nov 11, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Feminism and LGBT, Science and Skepticism
There have been Deep Rifts™ within the atheist and skeptical communities [in English-speaking countries]. These have now been covered enough in the wider media that you might have heard of them even if you don’t identify with any of those groups. Just in the last 2...
by Carl Howard | Nov 4, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Language, Philosophy
I have a pet peeve: the use of the term “offensive”. Ok, it’s more than a pet peeve – I think its use in public discourse is misleading and harmful. To start, here are some uses of “offensive” that are particularly cringeworthy: You don’t have a right not to be...
by Carl Howard | Oct 21, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment
No, I don’t think I’m exaggerating here. The consensus for population growth has been that the world will peak at around 9 billion towards the middle of this century with a levelling off or even a slight drop-off. The main reason for this is that we’re having fewer...
by Carl Howard | Aug 19, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Philosophy, Society
[CN: Existentialism; emo] Ok, this is probably the most personal (and rambling) post I’ve written so if you don’t want to read the musings of a 30 year old that could well sound like the emo diary of a 15 year old, you know what to do… I’m a pretty curious person. I’m...
by Carl Howard | Jul 29, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging Jewish Law
I have five today. The first 2 are the “normal” kind: ones held by those who just don’t know much about Judaism. But the last 3 are a kind I find a lot more annoying. These are misconceptions commonly held by Jews (especially of liberal/Reform/feel-good persuasions)....
