Once the Republican Party’s figurehead during the Clinton administration, Newt Gingrich has returned from political exile. And like many with a new found sense of presidential ambition, Newt 2.0 is an aggressively and obnoxiously religious man. Pay no attention to the fact that he goes through wives like the Doctor goes through incarnations — […]

Beth again.  I knew I said I was going to be updating throughout the day.  But I didn’t.  I will, but right now I’m going to take in some Portland nightlife. The conference was satisfying, PZ’s talk was really affirming to me as an often less-than-velvet-gloved atheist when it comes to science, creationism, and the comparison and […]

Hello! Beth here, and I’m in Oregon this weekend to attend the Northwest Freethought Conference. I’m not what one might call a social butterfly, so while I’m trying to mingle a bit, I’m more focused on a few discussions and the keynote speaker of the evening, P.Z. Myers. I’ll be blogging about the conference throughout […]

Testing can be difficult no matter how old you are or what you’re testing for.  In my experience, the only thing that prepares me for a test is to study and really work at understanding the material. For the last two years at a public school in Baltimore, they’ve been trying a little something extra […]

Good news, everyone! We’re all going to die! Wait, that isn’t good news. If you’ve been following our Countdown to Backpedaling, you know that we’ve been watching the clock on the latest end of the world prediction. Family Radio, a fundamentalist Christian group based in California, has announced that Jesus will return to Earth — […]