by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 2, 2010 | Politics, Reminiscences, The Washington Times Communities, World Views
As science is increasingly politicized in the Delaware senate race, viewers have to wonder – what is a Darwinian skeptic, and is it safe to have one in Congress? Last week, Bill Maher didn’t unearth an archived youthful indiscretion to make Christine O’Donnell the...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 18, 2010 | The Washington Times Communities, World Views
Berlinski vs. Hitchens: An agnostic secular Jew and an atheist debate the implications of a purely secular society. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — On Sept. 7, David Berlinski and Christopher Hitchens met for a debate in Birmingham, Alabama. Hosted by the Fixed Point Foundation,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 11, 2010 | The Washington Times Communities, World Views
A disturbing aspect of James J. Lee’s case is that his quest was logical according to respected — albeit false — premises. This month began with a scare at Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. Armed with a gun and explosives,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | May 23, 2010 | World Views
A common atheistic argument against intelligent design is that we can’t fill gaps in our understanding of the natural world with a creator. In light of some silly traditions in pagan cultures such as thunder being the gods fighting or bowling, or winter being...
by Amanda Read Sheik | May 12, 2010 | Politics, World Views
Winning minds is one thing. Winning hearts is a totally different matter. I’ll explain later. She’s conservative. She loves and defends Christians. She believes America was founded on Judeo-Christian values. She says she would never vote for an...
