Author: Adam Lee

Today’s breaking news was, of course, that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare”. In what will doubtless go down in American history as a “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment, both CNN and Fox incorrectly stated initially that the law had been struck down, giving rise to one of…

Over the last few years, it’s become increasingly clear that there’s no longer any place in Roman Catholicism for any but the most conservative and doctrinaire members. The signs of a top-down ideological cleansing are too obvious to ignore, including the Vatican hierarchy’s using the Eucharist as a bludgeon against politicians who show too much…

Longtime readers of this blog may remember that I wrote a book some time ago. What happened to it is something I’ve only alluded to a few times. Suffice to say that the full story could be a book in itself: an epic tale with more delays, false starts, and reversals of fortune than I…

So, I know I’ve got at least a few readers who live in the U.K. Any of you interested in an in-person meetup? Later this summer, I’m going on a trip to England and Scotland. I’m arriving in London on Saturday, August 25. I plan to be there through that Tuesday, and then on Wednesday,…

If you ask anyone who knows me, I like to think they’d tell you that I’m a generally optimistic and cheerful person. But these past few weeks, I’ve felt like I’ve been going through a dry spell. I’ve been restless, gloomy, and much more irritable and pessimistic than usual. No matter where I physically go,…

We may have heard about one notable religious conversion this week, but in the more than ten years I’ve been writing about atheism (yes, it’s been that long!), I’ve found it’s still far more common for things to go the other way. Here’s one dramatic example that landed in my inbox this week. The author…

I had a run-in with an old adversary lately, and after I’ve sent him on his way, I always feel compelled to point out some of the hopeful things he never mentions. This post is about one of those things. In recent posts, I’ve expressed my disillusionment with the Democrats. But whatever the current state…

As you may be aware, Leah Libresco at Unequally Yoked had a startling announcement yesterday: she’s converting to Catholicism. I have to admit, though others will no doubt chastise me for missing obvious-in-retrospect clues, that this was something I didn’t see coming at all. As recently as March, when I met her at the Reason…

At the end of a long and weary day, with the last drops of twilight bleeding out of the darkening midsummer sky, I turned my key in the lock of my front door. I set my bags down, stepped inside… and paused, one foot on the threshold. I was certain I had shut off all…

Today’s the last day of SSA Week, and the end is in sight! At the time of this writing, we’ve raised just over $88,000 out of a target of $100,000. We can do this, people! If you haven’t donated yet, now’s your chance: get out your credit card, click this link, and become a donor…