“Name me an ethical statement made or an action performed by a believer that could not have been made or performed by a non-believer.”–Christopher Hitchens

“Understanding the often unconscious nature of genetic control is the first step toward understanding that—in many realms, not just sex—we’re all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer.” ― Robert Wright, The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New … More Quote of the Day

“The prescription for being a New Age guru is the following: 1) Create verbiage that appears profound but that is otherwise meaningless. People will attribute their inability to understand your sentences to their own failings rather than to your charlatanism; 2) Be charismatic and self-confident in your delivery, and perhaps deceive yourself as to the … More Quote of the Day

“As for the ‘religious’ arguments for the annexation of the territories—these are only an expression, subconsciously or perhaps even overtly hypocritical, of the transformation of the Jewish religion into a camouflage for Israeli nationalism.  Counterfeit religion identifies national interests with the service of God and imputes to the state—which is only an instrument serving human … More Quote of the Day

“You’re born a heterosexual. It’s not a choice. Who would choose this? The guilt, the shame…and do you think I’m happy having to hire a decorator?”—Garry Shandling (RIP)

“I believe in God, but I often find more common cause with those who say they don’t than those who say they do. I’ve come to care less whether anyone says they believe in God or not, and to care more about what they mean by that, and what they do about it.”—Nathan Schneider, “How … More Quote of the Day

“Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics.”– Marvin Olasky

Originally posted on Shalom Rav:
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) The regents of the University of California have spoken and has voted unanimously to adopt its working group’s “Principles Against Intolerance.” As I wrote last week, it is a report that dangerously conflates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism in ways that make the report muddled, unenforceable, and a very…

“So what does it matter if some French guy wants to think of his penis as the square root of minus one? Not much, except that on American campuses, especially the more elite ones, such utterances were routinely passed off as examples of boldly ‘transgressive’ left-wing thought.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, “Farewell to a Fad” http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/ehrenreich.html

“When an idea is idiotic to begin with, its applications never make any sense.” ― Edith Hahn Beer, The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust