Author: Adam Lee

One of the things that most struck me at the Netroots Nation conference last week was how surprisingly little of a presence the Obama reelection campaign had there. (Michelle Goldberg noticed this too.) Organizing for America sponsored a party and sent some staffers, but nothing made them stand out from all the other attendees; they…

SSA Week is ongoing, as atheist bloggers come together to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance. At the time this post was published, we’ve come roaring back to blow past the previous total, raising more than $10,000 since yesterday for a total of $73,054! There was just one blogathon participant today, but I’m not…

SSA Week is ongoing, as atheist bloggers come together to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance. At the time this post was published, they’ve collectively raised $61,250 out of a goal of $100,000. (Hmm. Didn’t I write yesterday that the total amount was over $65,000? Either it’s somehow gone down or, more likely, I…

At Netroots Nation last week, I attended a panel on Citizens United, the infamous case in which the Supreme Court tossed aside decades of campaign finance laws and ruled that corporations had the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. This gives them an incalculably greater amount of power than before, and…

SSA Week is ongoing, as atheist bloggers come together to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance. At the time this post was published, they’ve collectively raised $65,000 out of a goal of $100,000, a gain of more than $5,000 since yesterday. Awesome! Yesterday’s ongoing blogathon had two participants, but three participating bloggers. Here are…

I’m still sorting through all my thoughts and impressions from the Netroots Nation conference this past week. But there’s one image that’s stayed with me vividly, which was a slide in a talk given by the progressive House candidate Darcy Burner. This is a chart of voter turnout in Burner’s home district in Washington state,…

SSA Week is ongoing, as atheist bloggers come together to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance. At the time this post was published, they’ve collectively raised $59,680 out of a goal of $100,000. Keep it up! For Sunday’s blogathon, we had four participants. Here are my picks: First, Dale McGowan at The Meming of…

I’m back! Apologies for the radio silence these past few days – as I mentioned earlier, I was in Providence, Rhode Island attending Netroots Nation, an annual convention of liberal bloggers and political activists. I’ve had a jam-packed three days of panels, forums, and afterparties, all of which left scarce time for sleep, let alone…

I’m a bit busy this week, since I’m at Netroots Nation until Sunday. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the major fundraising drive that’s just kicked off: the Secular Student Alliance’s SSA Week, which is taking place from June 6th to 16th. Yes, I realize that’s more than a week, but our freethinking…

Most of us, especially if we follow the principles of critical thinking, go through life slowly building up a patina of evidence supporting the beliefs that matter to us. Under normal circumstances, the more that our experiences confirm the truth of a proposition, the more confidence we place in it. For a simple, everyday proposition…