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Jesse Galef on Alan Colmes tonight!

Tonight at 10:30pm EST, the Secular Student Alliance's communications director, Jesse Galef, will be on Alan Colmes' radio show. He'll be talking about our push for high school groups, which you all know is my baby, so…
Major victory for high school atheism

Originally posted on Atheism Resource. All reliable polling indicates that atheism is gaining ground in every age group, but the demographic in which we’re making the most rapid progress is in young people. Thi…
Press release on my position

As readers of this site know, on Jan. 3 I began working with the Secular Student Alliance, an international organization which supports student groups. Today the SSA put out a press release about my position that has…
Weight loss update

As many of you know, I'm in an epic weight loss competition with Jen McCreight and Phil Ferguson to raise money for a couple of causes. My cause is Skepticon and, if I can toast Phil, the Secular Student Alliance gets m…
Charity everywhere!

Everybody's raising money for charity! There's myself and Jen McCreight dropping pounds for goodness, then Skepticon is selling handmade valentines (and making a killing) to raise money for Skepticon IV, and now Skeptic…
Odds and ends

It turns out when you move to a new city that there's all kinds of germs to which you've never been exposed. Long story short, it's the start of my second week at work and I'm going to be stuck at home battling the plag…
Charity survey

Atheism Resource is considering starting a charity, and Adam Brown is doing some research into the most effective ways to go about it. If you have five minutes to spare, please take the time to fill out this survey. Thi…
Power to the people!

Feeling better today so I drove down to Arcon and am spending today and tomorrow gaming with a bunch of unwashed guys. w00t! Also, interesting story, did you know that you don't need to be a hacker to join the insurgenc…
One-liner project

It occurs to me that part of the problem in communication is that ideas surrounding the origin of the universe and what not are very complex. This doesn't gel with most people who want their philosophies reduced to some…
Hello The Stand

Yesterday was a real delight as I got to meet Phil Ferguson, Skepticon's largest donor, who was traveling through Springfield and stopped by for lunch. After lunch we took him to the Springfield Expo Center to show hi…