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« August 2005 | HOME | October 2005 » September 2005 A History of Violence Saw it last weekend. It's great. It opens wide today. See it.... September 30, 2005 Email blogging My usual blogging technique when I'm busy. Shovel some of my email into a blog entry: --Sam Harris has an article in Free Inquiry. When someone as level-headed as Sam writes this way about meditation, it makes me want to... September 28, 2005 If you've emailed me recently... Very behind on email. I try to answer all of it, but just too busy the past several days. Working on it...... September 26, 2005 Religion + Nukes = ? On the one hand: --Many literalist Christians believe that watching their enemies burn in a lake of fire is one of the key attractions on Christianity's glorious path to the Kingdom of Heaven. --Literalist Christians are gaining increasing amounts of... September 23, 2005 Josh Olson's "A History of Violence" Opening in theaters limited release today is Josh Olson's A History of Violence. Actually, David Cronenberg is the director. And it's based on a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. But Josh wrote the screenplay, and he's a... September 23, 2005 Granting "Serenity" Never thought I'd see the day when major studios would be offering bloggers the opportunity to have their own preview screenings. But Universal has offered Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo the new Joss Whedon flick Serenity. And Josh has... September 22, 2005 The president's drinking problem Has President Bush, a recovering alcoholic, fallen off the wagon? Suddenly the most popular page at this blog is my monumental, in-depth, investigative article, What's Bush Drinking? Ah, the memories. Seems to be prompted by a National Enquirer story. One... September 22, 2005 "The God Who Wasn't There" review Jim Walker also has a review of The God Who Wasn't There.... September 21, 2005 Do my eyes look dead in this philosophy? Amusing description of me from a review of The God Who Wasn't There on a Christian apologetics site called Tektonics: Flemming appears to be a man with serious psychological problems. He has gone from being an Christian who was gullible... September 21, 2005 Beyond Belief Media Attention Angelenos. Beyond Belief Media, which produced The God Who Wasn't There and is producing The Beast, is growing too fast and has a couple needs: 1. Office space. Preferably a loft-style space, about 2,000 square feet in the Los... September 17, 2005 "Under God" has served its purpose The United States is the only Western nation that forces its children to participate in a daily indoctrination ritual. The Pledge of Allegiance ritual is obviously more suited to a small, shaky dictatorship than a confident, free country such as... September 16, 2005 End of the Bush myth? Sidney Blumenthal: Bush's America is gone with the wind. It lasted just short of four years, from Sept. 11, 2001, to Aug. 29, 2005. The devastation of New Orleans was the watery equivalent of a dirty bomb, but Hurricane Katrina... September 15, 2005 Flying Spaghetti Monster Touched by his Noodly Appendage: In the past few weeks, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has become perhaps the world's fastest-growing "religion" and maybe its most improbable. While no one can be sure of the exact numbers of... September 11, 2005 Edge Codes Movie about editing: Edge Codes. Via Cinematech: The documentary "Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing" got a very favorable review in the New York Times today. The Times says that "Edge Codes.com" is "full of intellectual provocation. It... September 09, 2005 Netflix.com Netflix.com is carrying The God Who Wasn't There, but apparently the DVD is already listed as "short wait" and even "very long wait" with some folks. A way to speed it up? Move the title to the top of your... September 08, 2005 Katrina timeline Think Progress has a detailed Katrina timeline. (via Atrios)... September 07, 2005 Get yer free DVD The God Who Wasn't There DVD, now free, following that donation you've been meaning to make anyway.... September 06, 2005 Vengeful God A Christian take on the New Orleans disaster: As sad as it is to see the heart-aching loss of life and the suffering of people in New Orleans, we can only give praise to God for sparing the lives of... September 06, 2005 I guess I struck a nerve or something According to the really angry emails in response to my last post, when conservatives set out to destroy government, it actually isn't conservatives who are responsible for this behavior. So who is accountable for the direct effects of the conservative... September 05, 2005 Dear America You put in power a conservative movement whose attitude toward government was expressed as: "To get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." You voted for President Bush, who approvingly quoted Reagan's phrase, "The... September 02, 2005 CFI and SHARE step up, too The Center for Inquiry also offers a way to give: URGENT MESSAGE FROM PAUL KURTZ We are deeply distressed by the terrible tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina. As secularists, we believe deeply in our obligations to our fellow human beings;... September 01, 2005 Hands On Humanity The Universists' new charity: Since our last email encouraging you to give to the Red Cross (still needed), Hands On Humanity has been presented with an opportunity to help directly. Hundreds of victims from Hurricane Katrina are moving to the... September 01, 2005

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