Life Without a Net
suicide
Assisted Dying
I suppose it’s old news now, but back in the 1990s, assisted suicide was all the rage. ”Dr. Death,” more politely known as Jack Kevorkian, served over eight years in prison for an assisted suicide. The problem was that unlike other cases, the patient was unable to “pull the trigger” himself. So it was … Continue reading
Acceptance
I’ve been thinking a lot about Tyler Clementi’s death. There are a lot of things about the whole situation that disturb me deeply, and I’ve been in a bit of a funk all afternoon because of them. I could make this entry all about the plight of closet gays in America, but there’s plenty of … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Atheists
I lost one friend last week. I nearly lost another last night. I want to tell you about both of them. (Names are changed.) First, there was Bret. Bret was what a lot of theists think of when they imagine atheists. He was angry. Very angry. He felt — sometimes rightly, sometimes perhaps not — … Continue reading
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