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I came across this transcript from an interview with W.R. Coulson, one of Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow’s research assistants. It’s a very interesting read, and surprisingly current even though it’s from a 1992 interview.
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are legends in the educational psychology world. They were the primary pioneers in “client-centered [...]

I came across this article on Wired News some time ago (link at the end of this post). Since then I keep coming across similar articles concerning a growing faction of the atheist community that are being called “New Atheists“. They are breaking from the traditional atheist stay-in-the-closet mindset, and aggressively promoting the [...]

I rarely watch 20/20, but I caught it last night and John Stossel was doing a report on giving in America (full story). Most of it was interesting, but the thing that stood out most to me was this:
Finally, the single biggest predictor of whether someone will be charitable is their religious participation.
Religious people [...]

I just read Ted Haggard’s statement (pdf) on New Life Church’s website as well as his wife Gayle’s (pdf). Ted’s statement is pretty much what you’d expect. “I’m a worm, please forgive me, please pray for my family.” It’s seems sincere enough and well thought out. At the very least he [...]