Author: Adam Lee

Last month, I created a petition calling on atheists to show their support for feminism and diversity. That petition, with more than 2,000 signatures, was delivered to the leaders of the largest atheist and secular organizations in time for the HEADS meeting at the end of January. I think it’s served its purpose, although I’m…

I’ve been looking at my RSS feed, and it’s almost all atheist and skeptical blogs. No surprise there, obviously – but I’m thinking it should be at least a little more diverse. In the name of not cutting myself off from other viewpoints, as well as finding out about interesting stories I might not otherwise…

A response to my Patheos colleague James Croft on the necessity of anger, the usefulness of mockery, and the utility of the Overton-window metaphor in effective atheist advocacy.

The blogger Geoff Ó Laoidhléis is apparently some kind of Twitter detective. I enjoyed his post from December exposing a “pro-life atheist” organization as a probable astroturf group, by observing that the vast majority of their Twitter followers weren’t atheists at all, but Catholics. More recently, he performed the same analysis on an alleged gay…

The American Secular Census is releasing statistics about the data they’ve gathered so far, and one of the first articles concerns women’s experiences in secular groups. There’s a lot here that’s worth commenting on. First, the necessary caveats: The Secular Census isn’t a rigorous survey with random sampling of the population, but is open to…

Here’s where I’m planning to be in the next few months. If you’re going to be in one of these places at the same time and are interested in meeting up, let me know! • Coming up soon, I’m going to Washington, D.C. on February 17, for the Sierra Club’s Forward on Climate Rally. The…

My desk has a drawer full of free address labels, pens, and other cheap gimmicks sent by charities who hope that sending a gift would make the recipient of their letters feel obligated to give something back. (It doesn’t; I plan my giving in advance and never respond to solicitations.) But a letter I got…

My latest column is now up on AlterNet, Notable (and Hilarious) Examples of the Christian Right’s Failed Prophecies. In it, I examine the track record of religious-right culture warriors who’ve claimed that their correct understanding of God’s will gives them insight into the future. While some have prophesied the coming apocalypse, others have staked a…

Self-driving robot cars could revolutionize our ideas of transportation, and they’ll be here sooner than you may think.

I’ve been writing about atheism since 2001 (yes, really!). Since moving to Patheos is a pretty big milestone, now seems like a good time to pause and look back on how far atheism in America has come in that time. When I first started writing, or even as recently as when I wrote “Unapologetic” in…