Blogs
“A Thousand Shards of Glass” – New CSICon Video, the Scopes Centennial, and Wildfire Conspiracies
January 17, 2025Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Free Inquiry editor Ronald Lindsay offers some “Unprayerful Reflections” on this Monday’s inauguration events. Appointing Catiline to be consul; choosing Guy Fawkes to be prime minister; electing Aaron Burr or Jefferson Davis to be president—these are some of the …
“That Conversation Has Changed” – The Scopes Trial Centennial, 2025 Richard Dawkins Award, and ‘Spiritual War’ in Texas
January 15, 2025Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the historic Scopes “Monkey Trial.” To commemorate the occasion, the Center for Inquiry and the Freedom From Religion Foundation will host The Scopes Trial Centennial conference from July 18-20 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. …
Notes From HeLL.A.
January 13, 2025I’m tired of hearing some of the ridiculous stuff that’s going around about these fires, so here goes my infernal rant…
“Call Him What He Is” – Paul Offit on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, Wildfire Myths, and Christian Nationalism
January 13, 2025Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Registration is now open for “A Conversation with Paul Offit” on Skeptical Inquirer Presents on Thursday, January 23. The discussion will cover what RFK Jr.’s confirmation could mean for the American health care system—and why we must oppose it. As …
“He is Actively Dangerous” – CFI West and the L.A. Fires, Doctors Denounce RFK Jr., and Johnson’s False Prayer
January 10, 2025Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. As a series of devastating wildfires continue to roar through the Los Angeles area, CFI West has teamed with Sunday Assembly LA and Atheists United to aid those impacted by the fires. If you have been displaced by the fires, …
“A Faith in Human Intelligence” – Religion in Congress, the Latest from Skeptical Inquirer, and RFK Jr. on the Hill
January 8, 2025Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Richard Dawkins wrote an essay for The Spectator, which has since been republished at Free Inquiry, taking on “The Myth of the God-Shaped Hole.” How patronising, how insulting to imply that, if deprived of a religion, humanity must ignominiously …
“This Is Not a Gig We Auditioned For” – Bill Nye, Clear Thinking About Climate Change, and Charlie Hebdo
January 6, 2025Happy new year! Welcome back to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Let’s kick off our first column of 2025 with big congratulations to 2023 Richard Dawkins Award winner, CSI Fellow, and new Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Bill Nye. He was one of nineteen luminaries presented …
“In For Very Difficult Times” – RFK Jr. Watch, Religious Oppression, and ‘the Final Experiment’
December 20, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. This will be our last column in 2024, so let me wish all of you a safe and happy new year! Skeptical Inquirer columnist Nick Tiller unveils his picks for “The Mount Rushmore of Wellness Bullsh*t.” Who are the …
“Droning On” – Mysterious Lights, Divine Mandates, and Skeptical Inquirer Must-Reads
December 18, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Benjamin Radford took to the CFI blog on Monday for a look at the “Return of the ‘Mysterious’ Drones and the Twilight of Ambiguity,” reminding readers that the current breathless hype cycle is very much like ones we’ve seen …
Return of the ‘Mysterious’ Drones and the Twilight of Ambiguity
December 16, 2024The drones are back! A recent rash of mysterious lights in the sky have been seen for the past month or so, first in northern New Jersey, then Philadelphia, and on to parts of New York City and elsewhere. It’s all the viral news rage, spawning social media posts, conspiracy theories, irritation, and mystery-mongering. …