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Self-Defense and the Law 13 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
(Photo via Shutterstock) Participants: Steven Graff Levine has specialized in California state criminal law for more than 23 years. He was a Los Angeles County district attorney for 13 years, a staf...
Free Will and the Reality of Love 1 Aug 2013 | 04:27 am
(Photo by h.koppdelaney) Many readers continue to express confusion—even outrage and anguish—over my position on free will. Some are convinced that my view is self-contradictory. Others are persuaded...
Islam and the Misuses of Ecstasy 9 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
(Photo by Camera Eye) I have long struggled to understand how smart, well-educated liberals can fail to perceive the unique dangers of Islam. In The End of Faith, I argued that such people don’t know...
Twitter Q&A 4/29/13: #AskSamAnything 29 Apr 2013 | 09:03 pm
(Photo by Sprengben) I will take your questions from 6-7pm (Eastern), Monday 4/29. Please use the Twitter hashtag #AskSamAnything to participate. Possible topics include: the mind/brain, science v. ...
What Martial Arts Have to Do With Atheism 25 Apr 2013 | 12:05 pm
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The Straight Path 21 Apr 2013 | 12:14 am
(Photo by PhillipC) As I wrote in the introduction to Lying, Ronald A. Howard was one of my favorite professors in college, and his courses on ethics, social systems, and decision making did much to ...
New Atheism should be able to criticise Islam without being accused of Islamophobia 20 Apr 2013 | 01:23 am
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On “Islamophobia” and Other Libels 8 Apr 2013 | 08:18 pm
(Photo by kevin dooley) A few of the subjects I explore in my work have inspired an unusual amount of controversy. Some of this results from real differences of opinion or honest confusion, but much ...
Response to Controversy 8 Apr 2013 | 12:47 am
A few of the subjects I explore in my work have inspired an unusual amount of controversy. Some of this results from real differences of opinion or honest confusion, but much of it is due to the fact ...
Dear Fellow Liberal 3 Apr 2013 | 01:24 am
I’m up against a book deadline and have had to step away from blogging for a few months. One of the benefits of this time, as well as one of its frustrations, is that I’ve had to ignore the usual ephe...
