by podblack on July 13, 2010
New Token Skeptic podcast out! It should keep you amused while I get back to finishing everything else that needs to be done during the last week of the school holidays. Pass it onto anyone interested in finding out just how difficult it is to get new programs started in schools and how the media [...]
by podblack on June 25, 2010
So – the challenge over my holidays is to start introducing students to religion! And atheism! This is really going to be a lot of fun!
The program involves ‘Ideas of God’ and ‘Religious and Mystical Experience’. While I can find a variety of useful general texts (the likes of AC Grayling, Stephen J Gould, Julian [...]
by podblack on June 18, 2010
My students are currently studying the ethics of Life and Death. Part of the course we’re doing. Sadly, I find I’m taking this article in with me today for discussion: Utah To Execute Killer By Firing Squad -
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah is set to execute a condemned killer by firing squad shortly after midnight [...]