Author: Adam Lee

I recently received an e-mail from an atheist who’s grappling with what I imagine is a common dilemma. I offered some advice, but I wouldn’t presume to think that my suggestions are definitive. I’m curious to see what Daylight Atheism commenters have to say: I realize that you don’t run an advice column, or anything…

In last month’s “Imaginary Crimes“, I wrote about the fictitious offenses invented by religion to fill people with guilt and shame. But there’s something even worse to write about. The flip side of having imaginary crimes is having imaginary virtues – people who believe themselves to be good and decent based solely on their ability…

The sea is calm tonight, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! I was originally going to post the…

Via ABC, this good news: the California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that doctors cannot deny patients medical care on religious grounds. The case involved two Christian doctors, working at a fertility clinic, who had refused to perform artificial insemination on a lesbian: Guadalupe Benitez, now 36, had maintained that the California medical clinic that…

This weekend, I came across an outstanding editorial by the British journalist Johann Hari, “We should never pulp books out of fear of fanatics“. It opens by describing “the story of a novel you cannot read”: The Jewel of Medina was written by a journalist called Sherry Jones. It recounts the life of Aisha, a…

The other day, I came across a pseudoscience site so laughably ridiculous I just had to share it: http://www.runyourcaronwater.com/ (Warning: Page has sound.) As the URL indicates, the unknown people behind this site are selling a kit which they claim will enable you to turn your car into a “water-burning hybrid” that can use ordinary…

After the welcome news of the UC-Calvary lawsuit’s dismissal, I’m happy to say I have two other pieces of good news to report on this week: • The Alberta Human Rights Commission, a group of petty bureaucrats who make it their mission to censor people’s thoughts, has dismissed the charges against Ezra Levant that I…

This past April, I posted an update on the UC-Calvary lawsuit that I first discussed in February 2006. I have another update to report, and I’m happy to say it’s very good news indeed. As you’ll recall, the private Calvary Chapel Christian School sued the University of California in a bid to force UC to…

I apologize for it having taken this long, but I have important news to report: I’ve finished editing the complete rough draft of my book, and I think it’s now in a form ready for publication. If you’ve read any of the chapters so far and would like to see the complete draft, e-mail me…

In Federalist no.10, James Madison wrote a famous passage about how a democratic republic must watch for the danger of becoming a “dictatorship of the majority”: Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are…