MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/opinion/collins-the-bachmann-chronicle.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Bachmann Chronicles, by Gail Collins

“Throw a few thousand darts, hit a bulls-eye.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/atheism-scientific-versus-humanist/?pagemode=print

Beyond “New Atheism,” by Gary Gutting

“For a long time, meaningful engagement between believers and nonbelievers was, especially in the United States, blocked by an implicit mutual agreement: religious belief was exempted from challenge, provided it remained within a private sphere of religious life, and was not asserted as relevant to any issues of public concern.”