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A Pair of Atheists Agree: Time to Let Go of God

Charles Darwin, patron saint of intellectually fulfilled atheists.
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Charles Darwin, patron saint of intellectually fulfilled atheists.

Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Alfred A. Knopf, 96 pages, $16.95.    read more »

Not a Job for NyQuil: Incurable Fatal Insomnia

Stanley B. Prusiner, who won a Nobel Prize in medicine in 1997 and coined the term
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Stanley B. Prusiner, who won a Nobel Prize in medicine in 1997 and coined the term

Bounteous nature has cooked up countless unpleasant ways for us to meet our maker, from the sudden h  read more »