Landon Ross is a twenty-six year old Los Angeles based writer and artist. He is an impassioned believer in science as the sublime, and in enlightenment ideals. He studied at the UCLA Department of Arts and Architecture.

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Blog Entries by Landon Ross

The God Crisis

90 Comments | Posted October 12, 2009 | 03:09 PM (EST)


As far back as I can remember contemplating the nature of the world on any serious level, I have been an atheist.  Of course, I didn't know there was a word for it, I simply felt the same thing towards God that I felt towards the tooth fairy.  For a...

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Census Worker Hanging... What Pelosi Warned?

2 Comments | Posted September 28, 2009 | 01:10 PM (EST)


On September 12th, part time census worker Bill Sparkman was found hanging in the woods of rural Kentucky with the word "fed" written on his chest.  His death has prompted speculation that the incident is politically motivated.

If...

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Rep. Wilson's Insincere Apology - Hardball

6 Comments | Posted September 14, 2009 | 08:09 PM (EST)


Today on Hardball, Chris Matthews made what is easily the most cogent observation I have yet seen in the MSM, regarding Rep. Joe Wilson's unrestrained attack on President Obama.  Last Wednesday, Rep. Wilson accused the president of being a liar by shouting from the bench during...

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A National Failure - Our Health Care Conversation

6 Comments | Posted September 10, 2009 | 01:09 PM (EST)


    Nothing should exasperate those who worked so feverishly to elect President Obama, as well as to hand the Democrats the most substantial majority since the Congress of 1977, so much as the inexcusable, sickeningly weak lack of conviction and force the leadership has shown in passing significant health care...

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Don't, Please: An Atheist's Defense

327 Comments | Posted August 8, 2009 | 03:06 PM (EST)


    Charlotte Allen is wrong about everything; except this: I'm an Atheist, and I'm angry. Recently, the Los Angeles Times suspended their editorial judgment and ran Allen's bigoted op-ed, an exercise in blatant insecurity and panic. In it, Allen rants angrily for an entire article in an attempt to...

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