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 […]
Archive | October 16, 2012
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 […]






