1. Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. 'Seven Aphorisms'

Comment #153891 by rae on April 2, 2008 at 7:30 am

Man, I can see what's coming a mile away. The Supreme Court will overturn the U.S. Appeals Court ruling (by something like 5-4 or 6-3, I'd wager).

The opinion of the court will say something about how the majority of public space (or all of it) ought to go to the majority group, as the minority group would be given disproportionate power over the majority group if their beliefs were to be treated equally by the law.

Also, I see "ceremonial deism" being invoked, with the observation that it's not really representing anything religious, it's just cultural and ritual. But all of the other religious monuments are representative of religions, so local governments will be legally justified in removing all but the Xian monuments. Which aren't religious.

I can't help being cynical, or believe that they'll rule in a reasonable fashion, with the current, insane make-up the Court has now.

2. Stephen Colbert Interviews Richard Dawkins

Comment #2033 by Rae on October 18, 2006 at 9:38 am

Just to amend my above comment, it went from #11 to #4 on Amazon.com.

3. Stephen Colbert Interviews Richard Dawkins

Comment #2031 by Rae on October 18, 2006 at 9:27 am

Has anyone else noticed the jump in sales of The God Delusion? Last night, before The Colbert Report, it was at #11. Now it's at #4.