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President Obama on Paris attacks: ‘This is an attack on all humanity’

President Obama called the attacks in Paris a “heartbreaking situation” during a press conference Friday evening. President Obama spoke briefly to the press Friday evening following the news of terrorist attacks in Paris, France that has resulted in the deaths of over 120 people thus far. The president called the attacks an “outrageous attempt to [Read More...]

More than 120 killed after Islamists attack several Paris locations

French President has issued a state of emergency and began closing borders and deploying troops. France is under a state of emergency as declared by French President Hollande who ordered the country’s border closed and sent the military into Paris following several coordinatedterrorist attacks that included mass shootings and bombings, resulting in the deaths of [Read More...]

France under a state of emergency following multiple terrorist attacks on Paris

French President has issued a state of emergency and began closing borders and deploying troops. France is now under a state of emergency as declared by French President Hollande who ordered the country’s border closed and sent the military into Paris following at least 7 separate terrorist attacks that included mass shootings and bombings. One [Read More...]

Neil deGrasse Tyson reads mean tweets sent to him

Physicist and host of Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson reads a select number of mean tweets has received over his comments on sci-fi and space movies. I am hoping next he does a series of these from conservative gun nuts after his recent string of gun-related death tweets.

Neil deGrasse Tyson reads means tweets sent to him

Physicist and host of Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson reads a select number of mean tweets has received over his comments on sci-fi and space movies. I am hoping next he does a series of these from conservative gun nuts after his recent string of gun-related death tweets.

My interview on conservative talk radio about the Ark Encounter

Conservative talk show host sees noproblem with a park that celebrates a genocidal massacre. Today I was invited on 700wlw in Cincinnati to discuss the Ark Encounter just hours before the announcement of the park’s opening date. The host seemed rather uninterested in speaking about the projectbut allowed me to explain quickly why I opposed [Read More...]

Ken Ham announces the Ark Encounter’s open date

Ken Ham announced the supposed open date for the Ark Encounter. At a press conference Thursday morning, Answers in Genesis CEO Ken Ham announced the proposed opening date of the Ark Encounter. He said the park will be ready to open onJuly 7, 2016. “It’s rare that a conservative Christian organization would try to create [Read More...]

Pew Research finds that 8 percent of atheists believe in God

A recent study says that 8% of atheists believe in God. How can that be? Pew Research released a study a few weeks ago that showed the rise in the non-religious, but there was a strange data point in the data about atheists. It said that some of them believe in God. Now, Pew has [Read More...]

Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter still comes with a heavy price-tag for taxpayers

Kentucky taxpayers are still paying the price for the Ark Encounter It seems the tax woes with Ken Ham are not yet over. After losing his $18 million dollar tax incentive through the Kentucky Tourism Board for discriminatory hiring practices, it seems Ham and Ark Encounter officials have found another way to scam taxpayers out [Read More...]

Sinking the Ark: My presentation at Apostacon 2015

Here is the video of my talk from Apostacon 2015 in Dallas, Texas. I discuss Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter, how I helped remove the $18 million tax credit and the importance of everyone being involved in secular activism. Unfortunately, my slides are not visible,but I have made them available for download here.