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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Anthony Kronman: ‘The Assault on American Excellence’
Source:The New Democrat “The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Anthony Kronman, Collectivism, Collectivists, College, College Campuses, College Life, Colleges, Communism, Communists, Far-Left, Fascism, First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, Michael Shermer, New Left, Political Correctness, Socialism, Socialists, The Assault on Excellence, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Dr. Donald Hoffman: ‘The Case Against Reality’
Source:The New Democrat “In his new book, The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes, the U.C. Irvine cognitive scientist Dr. Donald Hoffman challenges the leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective … Continue reading
Posted in Skeptic, The New Democrat
Tagged America, Case Against Reality, Donald Hoffman, Evidence, Facts, Facts Based Evidence, Michael Shermer, Real World, Realism, Realists, Reality, Reason, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Andrew Seidel: ‘Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American’
Source:The New Democrat “In this important new book, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American, constitutional attorney and scholar at the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), Andrew L. Seidel, begins by explaining what apparently religious language is doing in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Andrew Seidel, Authoritarianism, Authoritarians, Big Government, Christian Conservatism, Christian Conservatives, Christian Nationalism, Christian Nationalists, Christian Right, Far-Right, Michael Shermer, Nationalism, Nationalists, New Right, Religious Conservatism, Religious Conservatives, Religious Right, Republican Party, Statism, Statists, Tea Party, Theocracy, Theocrats, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Cass R. Sunstein: On Freedom
Source:The New Democrat “In addition to discussing his book Sunstein and Shermer talk about what it was like to work in the Obama administration, the issue of free will and determinism in the context of his theory of libertarian paternalism … Continue reading
Posted in Skeptic
Tagged America, Cass Sunstein, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Economic Freedom, Free Choice, Free Will, Freedom, Freedom of Choice, Individual Freedom, Individualism, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism, Liberals, Michael Shermer, On Freedom, Personal Choice, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, United States
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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer Interviewing Amy Alkon- ‘Unfuckology: A Field Guide To Living With Guts and Confidence’
Source: The New Democrat I’m with Michael Shermer on this starting out in this interview where he says he doesn’t know why publishers bleep cuss words in titles of books and or bleep one letter in the title of the … Continue reading
The Thinking Atheist: Seth Andrews- Interviewing Dr. Michael Shermer: Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things
Source: The New Democrat Why smart people believe stupid things? Perhaps a better question would be do these smart people actually believe these stupid things, or are they ( pardon my French ) bullshit artists? People aren’t necessarily good or … Continue reading
Posted in The Thinking Atheist
Tagged Assholes, Bullshit, Conmen, Crooks, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Administration, Donald Trump For President, Donald Trump Presidency, Donald Trump Voters, Donald Trump White House, Falsehoods, Idiots, Intelligence, Liars, Michael Shermer, Morons, Nonsense, Politicians, Seth Andrews, Smart People, Stupid People, Stupidity, Why Smart People Say Stupid Things
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Skeptic Magazine: How Michael Shermer Became a Card-Carrying Skeptic
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat If you want to make this about religion, I come from a German-American family in Maryland, but my father is a hardcore card-carrying Atheist, who if anything has gone Communist … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Agnosticism, Agnostics, America, Atheism, Atheists, Believers, Cynical, Cynicism, Michael Shermer, Religion, Skeptic, Skepticism, Skeptics, United States
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