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Robert Wright

Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Dylan, Robert Wright, Buddhism, Jdate, Meditation, Nirvana, Yoga, Vipassana, Yogi, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Living News
Michael Sigman

Having just attended a silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Spirit Rock in woodsy Woodacre, I can report that sitting still and doing nothing was, in fact, the primary activity on my summer vacation.

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Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 1): There Is Some Larger Purpose At Work in the Universe

Terrence McNally | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: History, Religion, Qur'An, Purpose, Bible, The Evolution of God, Agnostic, Human Rights, God, Robert Wright, Evolution, Living News
Terrence McNally

In his new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright follows God's changing moods in ancient scripture, to see what circumstances brought out the best and worst in religions.

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Why the "New Atheists" are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy

Robert Wright | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Religion, Suicide Bombers, Atheism, Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, The Evolution of God, Religion and Politics, Atheists, Adolf Hitler, Robert Wright, Richard Dawkins, World News
Robert Wright

It must strike progressive atheists as a stroke of bad luck that Christopher Hitchens, leading atheist spokesperson, happens to have hawkish views on foreign policy.

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