Reading Time: 3 minutes Although most of us never read the endless expanses of fine print in social-media-user “terms of service” agreements, the European Union’s (EU) “big-tech” regulators do. These agreements and the corporate abuses they accommodate can have far-reaching negative effects on societies—such as social unrest of the kind that ended up with a lethal, riotous assault on […]
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What’s this OnlySky place all about?
Reading Time: 3 minutes We’re here to tell the story of the nonreligious generations who will inherit the earth.
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Welcome to OnlySky
Reading Time: 3 minutes In which a longtime atheist blogger settles in to a new home.
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The end of the road — for now
Reading Time: 6 minutes What matters most is the legacy we leave behind. It’s how we’re remembered and what we learned and shared with others. It’s what we’ve built that lasts and makes a positive difference.
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OnlySky: The Last Lord Snow Presides (LSP #222)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today, in our very last Lord Snow Presides, we watch the wheel turn from the old to the new once again.
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Threads of 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s take a look back at the year’s biggest stories: The Capitol Insurrection Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, despite his attempts to steal and subvert it. His defeat dismayed the many, many Christian preachers who prophesied that God had guaranteed him victory. In a final tantrum, the Christian right planned a so-called “Jericho March” […]
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Threads of 2021 (Early Edition)
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a few days left in 2021, but with my time here drawing to a close, let’s take a look back at the year’s biggest stories: The Capitol Insurrection Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, despite his attempts to steal and subvert it. His defeat dismayed the many, many Christian preachers who prophesied that […]
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Change: A Very Special Lord Snow Presides (LSP #221)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Of late, some of you have heard some rumblings about Roll to Disbelieve making a platform move in the near future. These rumblings are true.
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Threads of 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes 2020 was a year that many people will be glad to put behind us. But before we look forward to a hopefully better and brighter 2021, let’s take one last look back at the year that was before we consign it to infamy. The Plague Of course, 2020 will be remembered first and foremost as […]
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Threads of 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s the end of the year and the end of a decade! Before we enter the 2020s, let’s take one last look back at the common threads of the year that was. Right-Wing Atheists In 2019, I published my first feature article for Political Research Associates. It takes a hard look at how some atheists […]