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Religion can cause “good people to do bad things,” but Penn Jillette gets along better with fundamentalists than with liberal Christians who preach easy tolerance.
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Author and magician Penn Jillette explains how his studiousness as a teenager led to his becoming an atheist.
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“Same way Kennedy prepared for his debates: with a blow job and a cup of coffee,” jokes the magician.
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When the Penn watches televised magic, he has “a very real sense” that he’s watching different takes stuck together.
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“Damn similar to how it is now,” says Penn.
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Penn and long-time partner Teller are best friends, but their relationship is based on respect rather than love.
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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The size of the Jewish community in America is a quantum leap from what it is in any European country—and its sheer scale makes it more “exciting.”
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The modern incarnation of anti-Jewish sentiment is “demonic anti-Zionism,” which is focused on Israel, rather than on Jews as individuals.
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Jews have developed a negative self-image in the wake of the Holocaust, defining themselves as a people apart, nature’s victims.
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The U.K.’s top rabbi hopes to make the country’s Jewish voice “much more self-confident and willing to engage with the world.”
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A conversation with the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom.
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If people are able to work fewer hours in the labor market, it means they can take that freed up time and begin meeting their needs in new ways that […]
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As a society, we need to invest in areas and activities that we’ve been neglecting: our communities, our families, and our planet.
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A conversation with the Boston College sociologist and economist.
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An Internet addict warns that a large number of people already suffer from social network addiction.