Archive | October 16, 2012

Are Americans becoming less religious? New Pew study says yes and Dawkins is optimistic

Given the course of Campaign 2012, the idea that Americans are trending toward less religion probably sounds ludicrous. But maybe not. In response to an audience question last night, Richard Dawkins said he’s “optimistic” about the future of religion. (If you’re a religious type, he doesn’t mean that in the way it probably sounds.) He noted […]

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Shaila meets the gorillas

I made my way toward town under a bright, star-filled sky. It was 4:30a.m. Locals still meandered their way home from the bars, but I had my hiking boots on in preparation for a new day. I was off to see the gorillas. An estimated 800 Mountain Gorillas currently live in the hills around the Rwanda, […]

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Tournament of Rock IV: the Aerosmith pod

How it works. The second pod was, perhaps predictably, a runaway, with #14 seed Van Hagar trompling the field with better than 60% of the vote. We’ll see them in the Sweet 16. On to group three, which features another hard rock monster act gone about as mainstream as it is possible to go. The […]

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