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A Reasonable Celebration

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: National Day of Prayer, Pete Stark, National Day of Reason, Food Bank, Reason, Blood Drive, Politics News
Roy Speckhardt

On the National Day of Reason religious people of all sorts join non-believers in recognizing that a government of the people should use reason as the basis for creating and enforcing its laws and regulations.

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Obsessed With Success: David Brooks Warns of Cultural Decline

Nicole Glass | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Success, Reason, American University, Karl Popper, David Brooks, Synchronicity, Rene Descartes, Productivity, College News
Nicole Glass

This fixation we have on productivity is an epidemic that is destroying character and transforming men into automatons.

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Santorum, Cardinal Dolan And The Tinfoil Hat: Who Gets Into The Public Square?

G. Elijah Dann | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Moral Values, Religion in Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Reason, Rick Santorum, Cardinal Dolan, Michael Shermer, Religion and Politics, Separation of Church and State, Public Square, Religion News
G. Elijah Dann

Santorum and Dolan are at least right on one point. No one should be saying that religious people can't participate in the public square. The reality is, however, the public square has a cacophony of voices.

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Obama's Chances in 2012: A Season for Reason

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Barack Obama Reelection, 2012 Presidential Election, Republican Presidential Candidates, Barack Obama, Reason, Mitt Romney 2012, Obama Romney 2012, Obama 2012, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

There is a widespread shrug of the shoulders among Democrats -- "Romney wouldn't be so bad." But this in essence is a silent vote for unreason and a kick in the teeth to President Obama and his complete loyalty to reasoned policies.

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Top Viral Videos You Must Watch Before 2011 Ends

Lee Brenner | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Patalpani Falls, Genoa, Australia, Casey Heynes, Reason, Ross Capicchioni, Matt Damon, Year-End Recaps, Jersey Shore Gone Wilde, Warriors of Goja, Papua New Guinea, Recommended, Viral Videos, Tsunami, Archie, It Gets Better, Riverdale, Soccer, Wtf Japan, Detroit, Videos, Bo-Taoshi, Hypervocal, Sampdoria, Video, Entertainment News
Lee Brenner

So as your favorite websites post their Top 10s and Best 10s and Worst 10s of 2011, we thought we'd just post 10 videos we enjoyed this year -- some you will have definitely seen, some you may not have. They're not the best or worst. They're just cool.

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Are D.C. Cab Drivers Paid Too Much Or Too Little?

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Reason, District of Columbia, Jim Epstein, Cab Drivers, Meters, D.C. Taxicab Commission, Taxi, Cab, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Are taxi-fare rates in the nation's capital too high or too low? On Tuesday, as The Huffington Post reported, two associations represent...

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Faith and Reason, Science and Politics

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Natural Disasters, God, Michele Bachmann, Reason, Climate Change, Religion and Politics, Rick Perry, Obama, Faith, Gop, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

The incompatibility between faith and reason come into full glory in the political arena. And nowhere is that made more clear than the rush toward willful ignorance in the field of Republican presidential candidates.

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Stop Making Sense: Obama's Useless Appeals to Reason

Mark Olmsted | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: . Compromise, Tea Party, F.D.R., Dadt, Reason, Rationality, Alcoholism, Bill Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Addiction, Obama, Congress, Midterms, Republican Party, Spirituality, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

Anyone who has suffered from addiction or is close to someone who has knows how immune to reason the disease is.

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Mediums and Their Political Messages

Paul Stoller | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: The US Constitution, Republican Presidential Candidates, The Engligtenment, Reason, Mitt Romney, Founding Fathers, Spirit Mediumship, Faith in Politics, Ideology, Michele Bachmann, Niger, Spending Cuts, Debt Limit, The Declaration of Independence, Marshall McLuhan, John Quincy Adams, West Africa, Spirit Possession, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Paul Stoller

If Republican leaders begin to act more like public servants and less like non-thinking fundamentalist soldiers, we might begin to repair our political system. If not, their absolutism will plunge us into unspeakable economic darkness.

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Are We as a Culture on a Mean Streak? Do We Reason Just To Win?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Charity, Reason, Meanness, Kindness, Political Polarization, Mean Streak, Confirmation Bias, Media Bias, Civility, Truth, Culture, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Critical argument in the U.S. media is no longer about seeking truth to correct or sustain our formative values; rather it is about winning so that others might lose. How do we find a way back?

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Enraptured Politics

Paul Stoller | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Taxes, Left Behind Book Series, Millenarian Movements, The Market, Judgment Day, Harold Camping, Democracy, Tim LaHay, Cargo Cults, New Guinea, Ancestors, Ghost Dance, Reason, Blind Faith, Political System, End Times, Doomsday, Medicare, Politics News
Paul Stoller

If you think that these kinds of apocalyptic beliefs are "primitive" or "far-fetched," think again. Americans seem to have a deep hunger for reading material about the End Times Rapture.

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How Our Beliefs Shape Our Actions In The world

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Magical Thinking, Reason, Science, Beliefs, Belief Systems, Mythical Thinking, Tolerance, Logic, The Inner Life, Beliefs Actions, Healthy Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

It became clearer to me that how we relate to our "beliefs" may be more important than the belief or knowledge itself.

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A Non-Trivial Advantage for Watson

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reason, Transhumanism, Jeopardy, Jeopardy!, Trivia, Psychology, Watson Jeopardy, Human Nature, Logic, Smarter Ideas, Technology News
Leah Anthony Libresco

As a former Jeopardy contestant myself, I knew Watson was beating them where it hurt, not with superior general knowledge of trivia, but by avoiding typical human logical weaknesses.

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The Big Strange Party

Omar Baddar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Atheism, God, Reason, Doubt, Agnostic, Faith and Reason, Agnosticism, Afterlife, Religion News
Omar Baddar

She opens her eyes, not quite sure where she is, shocked to find herself at a strange party full of strange people. She's overwhelmed by the confusion...

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Europe Says Bisphenol A. Is Safe. But...

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chlorofluorocarbons, Health Canada, Bisphenol A, Risk Perception, European Food Safety Authority, Psychology, Precaution, Food Packaging, Baby Bottles, Reason, Fossil Fuels, Ozone Layer, Climate Change, Particulate Pollution, Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Denmark, Nuclear Power, Home News
David Ropeik

Bisphenol A. is a classic case of how, as much as we'd like to think our thinking brain can calculate risk based on facts, in the end it's not just about facts, but how those facts feel.

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The Darkeing of the American Mind?

Terry Newell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moderation, Compromise, Religion, Politics, Thinking, Reason, Politics News
Terry Newell

"The mind, once enlightened, cannot again become dark." - Thomas Paine to Abbe Raynal, 1782 Thomas Jefferson wanted only three things on his tombsto...

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A Room Without Rants: Where Reasonable Theists and Atheists Meet

Andrew Pessin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atheist, Atheism vs. Theism, Rational Inquiry, Atheism, Reason, Theism vs. Atheism, Public Discourse, Theism, Interfaith Dialogue, Reasonable Debate, Religion News
Andrew Pessin

The reasonable theist and atheist may reach opposite conclusions, but both will spend much of their time investigating, in an open-minded (and frequently critical) way, the strongest and most coherent versions of theism available.

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When and Why Not to Talk About Everything

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Talking, Anger, Reason, Srinivasan Pillay, Living, Action, Cause, Advice, Relationships, Healthy Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

Talking is a balm for the lonely and afraid, but a poison for those who use it to replace the art of living.

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DNA: The Road Of Discovery

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Intuition, Science, Genetics, Epigenetics, Reason, Discovery, Evolution, Spirituality, Healthy Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

We see only as far as our mind is willing to look. Fear keeps us on the safe ground of reason - sturdy, predictable, secure. But sometimes we are pushed to its edge by Nature herself.

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Why Are Some People Atheists?

New Scientist | Lois Lee and Stephen Bullivant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atheist, Atheism, Science, New Scientist, Religion, Education, Intelligence, Agnostic, Reason, Rationality, Oxford University, Atheists, Faith, Richard Dawkins, Agnosticism, Religion News

If religion comes so naturally to us, why are so many people, especially in western Europe, apparently resistant to it? New Scientist calls for scient...

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'Empathic Civilization': When Both Faith And Reason Fail, Stepping Up To The Age of Empathy

Jeremy Rifkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empathy, Arianna's Reading, Imagination, Faith, Reason, Spirituality, Age of Empathy, Pro-Social Behavior, Books, Social Intelligence, Faith and Reason, Empathic Civilization, Religion, Books News
Jeremy Rifkin

Today, a new generation of scientists, scholars, and social reformers are beginning to challenge some of the underlying assumptions of both the Age of Faith and the Age of Reason, taking us into the Age of Empathy.

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A Good Week for Science (Or, What Eating Worms Reveals About Politics)

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cognitive Science, Embodied Mind, Embodied, Liberal, Conservative, Obama, Poll, Embodied Cognition, Frank Rich, Metaphor, Politics, Progressive, Lakoff, Brain, Reason, Paul Krugman, Nichalas Kristof, Natalie Angier, Politics News
George Lakoff

In one experiment, the strength of blink reflexes to unexpected noises was measured and correlated with degrees of reactions to external threats. Conservatives reacted considerably more strongly than liberals.

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The Lost Delusion

Greg Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evangeline Lilly, Last Temptation of Christ, Matthew Fox, Creationism, The Bible, Reason, Willem Dafoe, Science, Nikos Kazantzakis, Lost, Richard Dawkins, Old Testament, Faith, Entertainment News
Greg Evans

Watching Lost has always been an act of faith. Polar bears, time travel, everything -- it's one long benefit of the doubt. But something's different this season, some conversion where faith has become Faith.

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Praying For Darwin: Hundreds Of Congregations Set To Celebrate Evolution Weekend

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Expelled, Science, Religion, Evolution, Darwin, Charles Darwin, Reason, Biology, Faith, Separation of Church and State, Healthy Living News
Clay Farris Naff

More than 800 churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship have signed on for "Evolution Weekend." They come from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, and a dozen nations abroad.

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The F Word: Define Security, Mr. President

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Dogs, Reason, Food Stamps, Spending Freeze, Laura Flanders, Economy, Washington University, Grittv, Obama, Grit Tv, Weapons, Republicans, Politics News
Laura Flanders

A three-year freeze on public spending on everything except entitlements, veterans benefits and security? Two years into a major recession -- a deva...

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