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Author Archives: David Hume
Japan has always been secular
In an otherwise fascinating column on Japan’s peculiar demographics, Ross Douthat presents one misleading fact: Japan is facing such swift demographic collapse, Eberstadt’s essay suggests, because its culture combines liberalism and traditionalism in particularly disastrous ways. On the one hand, … Continue reading
Christianity: a pagan heresy
Ross Douthat has a provocatively titled book out, Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, so he’s making the media rounds. In general I find Douthat to be an interesting thinker, but there is one domain where I … Continue reading
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Conserving a non-existent past, revering radicalism’s forgotten
Recently I watched this Christian duet’s paean’s ode to Rick Santorum and was struck by the references to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I am aware that Christian conservatives have a “Constitutionalist” focus, and often suggest that the … Continue reading
Why reinvent the wheel?
Alain de Botton and Robert Wright have a long discussion about atheism and the “need for religion” (or at least the exoteric accoutrements of religion). But the conversation seems ahistorical. Confucianism seems to address many of their “wants”; that is, … Continue reading
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Note on theme
The previous theme was slowing down the loading of this website. So for now we’re switching to this.
Best wishes to Bradlaugh
Talking about his recent health issues, and its effect on his life. Obviously I won’t be praying for him, but definitely hoping he’s back to 110% as soon as possible.
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Liberty is contingent upon cultural capital
Tax Cheats Become Italy’s Public Enemy: In addition to banning cash transactions, the effort has included an ad campaign comparing tax evaders to parasites. There have been headline-grabbing controls focusing on stores, hotels and restaurants in affluent Italian cities. For … Continue reading
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Notes from “Moving Secularism Forward”
In the wake of the conference, where I presented my own vision for conservatism from the perspective of an atheist/secular humanist: – The audience was overwhelmingly, but not exclusively, Left-liberal – The age distribution was bimodal. There was a minority … Continue reading
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Respecting the law of the land
The story about a Pennsylvania atheist activist who dressed up like a “Muhammad Zombie” has been covered mostly by atheist activists and conservative publications. What seems to have happened is that the victim was dressed up as “Muhammad Zombie” during … Continue reading
There is no religious liberty, only religious VIPs
While I have been busy with my newborn daughter there has been a lot of brouhaha over the Obama administration and their infringement of religious liberty due to their position on contraception and health care. I don’t have a strong … Continue reading