Francis Crick is Kieckhefer Professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, USA. He shared a Nobel Prize with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins in 1962 for the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA.

The Rational Habit Of Mind Is A Rare One

Commissioned by, but never published in, Illustrated Magazine, in 1952

A Plea For Tolerance In The Face Of New Dogmas

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?

Introductory note: Russell delivered this lecture on March 6, 1927 to the National Secular Society, South London Branch, at Battersea Town Hall. Published in pamphlet form in that same year, the essay subsequently achieved new fame with Paul Edwards’ edition of Russell’s book, Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays ... (1957).

Kuwaiti Professor Abdallah Nafisi Suggests a Biological Attack at the White House and Prays for the Bombing of a Nuclear Plant on Lake Michigan.

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Doug Stanhope lets us know that it’s important to get religious education early.

Tim Michin performs a song he wrote for a religious friend he respects.

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