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7QT: Not Breathing, Not Marrying, and Opening Beers With Your Teeth

— 1 — So, remember how I mentioned that the last question at my book talk in DC was about transhumanism?  Well, here’s a particularly amusing body augmentation: If you’re a rugby player, you’re going to take a lot of hits — and you might even lose a tooth or two. Rather than replace those [Read More...]

Using N-Dimensional Spaces to Learn to Think About God

I had a great time speaking about Arriving at Amen at the Catholic Information Center last night (especially during the Q&A section — there were a couple I’m still mulling) and the audio from that event should wind up online eventually. Plus, you can see me live (and ask questions of your own — the last [Read More...]

Talking to Vox Nova about Conversion and Learning from Others

I got to chat with Jeannine Pitas of Vox Nova about my new book, Arriving at Amen and some of her more wide-ranging questions about religion.  Here’s a teaser of what she asked: Q: On a more general note, what do you think that Catholics can learn from atheists? In turn, what can atheists learn [Read More...]

Desiring Abundance of Life, Not Just Absence of Sin

Ben Kuhn has a great post up on strategies for inviting (and retaining) new kinds of people to a group that you run.  Ben is writing specifically about effective altruism, an interest of mine, too, but I think his thoughts generalize pretty well. Hands down, this was my favorite thing that he said: Get interested in [Read More...]

A Dominican Friar Found My Book “Pious, Intellectually Robust, and Personal”

Last week I had a Jesuit reviewer for my book, and now I’m delighted to add a Dominican.  Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. has written about my book for Dominicana, and here’s what he had to say: The great strength of her presentation is that Libresco manages to show how our philosophical and theological prejudices [Read More...]

The Undiversity of Clinical Trials and Anti-Islam Groups

Here’s what I’ve been covering in the world of data at FiveThirtyEight this week:   A Few People Lead Many Of The Anti-Muslim Groups In The U.S. [T]he simple count of anti-Islam groups can be deceptive. Growth in anti-Muslim groups seems to be driven as much by a few key leaders founding multiple organizations as [Read More...]

The People Who Made My Book Exist [Radio Readings]

You can listen to “Fights in Good Faith,” my weekly radio program, streamed Saturday at 5pm ET and tomorrow (Sun) at 1pm.  And it’s now available to download and stream. Every week, I put up a “Radio Readings” post, so you can track down the books, articles, and (this week) productivity tools that I cite on the show. So, [Read More...]

7QT: Strange Shakespeare and Hallucinogenic Honey

— 1 — We already had roses and a cat in contention, but I think Pedro may win for best picture with my new book, Arriving At Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer so far.  He took this at a Brazilian Congressional hearing that he was speaking at. I’d love to see more [Read More...]

Watch EWTN News Nightly Tonight to See Me and My Book

I’m headed over to EWTN’s DC studios this afternoon to tape a short segment on Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers that Even I Can Offer and you can watch it tonight on EWTN News Nightly at 6p ET or when it’s replayed at 9p ET. And, in the meantime, here’s an excerpt of one of [Read More...]

Arriving at Amen Arrives Today!

I tried to stay up to watch the order button for kindle go live at midnight last night, until I realized that Amazon is located in Seattle and might be timing its midnight accordingly. But, lo, today is finally launch day, and the book is available to order.  A few copies shipped early, so, once yours [Read More...]