The Morning Heresy
The Morning Heresy is your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
“The Blinking-Red Global Danger Sign” – Operation Dill Pickle, a Climate Leadership Vacuum, and Sunk Costs
December 4, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Before we do anything else, we’d like to offer a heartfelt “thank you” to everyone who supported the Center for Inquiry on #GivingTuesday. We’re especially grateful to the Louis J. Appignani Foundation, which provided a dollar-for-dollar match for individual …
“When You Mix Religion and Politics” – New Point of Inquiry, More on RFK, Jr., and New Blasphemy Laws in Britain?
December 2, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. The latest episode of the Point of Inquiry podcast features an interview with immunologist David Miles. He and host Jim Underdown go in-depth on both the history and present state of immunology, as well as how vaccines work and …
“I Am Here to Correct That” – Food Health Myths, Competing Ontologies, and Bird Flu
November 27, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. We’ve spent a lot of time on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s anti-vaccine fearmongering, but that barely scratches the surface of his long history of spreading anti-science nonsense. In her latest Skeptical Inquirer feature, Andrea Love argues “RFK JR. Can’t Champion …
“Blasphemy-Lite” – The Latest Free Inquiry, Lone Star Letdown, and More
November 25, 2024Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. The December/January issue of Free Inquiry—the first under the editorship of Ronald Lindsay—is now available to read online. The cover feature by Thomas Ricento asks “Can America Survive as a Secular Democracy?,” while Russell Blackford’s new op-ed warns that …
“Completely and Utterly Depressing” – CFI Calls for Action, Religious Indoctrination, and Butcher Blocks
November 22, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. CFI’s Office of Public Policy (OPP) has issued an Action Alert to help CFI supporters tell their Senators to oppose Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s nomination to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy is manifestly unfit to …
“Pseudoscience-Promoting Political Hack” – Dissident Dialogues, School Vouchers, and Dr. Oz
November 20, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Free Inquiry contributor Sarah An Myers shares her thoughts on the Dissident Dialogues conference she attended in May 2024. As a young Millennial, Myers writes she found the event a bit daunting—and, ultimately, very helpful for young thinkers looking …
“Mandatory Announcement” – Iker Jiménez, Ryan Walters, and More on RFK, Jr.
November 18, 2024Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. In his latest Spanish-language column for Skeptical Inquirer, Luis Alfonso Gámez writes about “El trumpismo paranormal de Iker Jiménez” (“The Paranormal Trumpism of Iker Jiménez”). Via Google Translate, here’s how Gámez introduces Jiménez and describes his history. The …
“Unacceptable” – CFI Responds to the RFK, Jr. Pick, a Global Measles Surge, and Going Heavy on The Onion
November 15, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. Early Thursday, Free Inquiry editor Ronald Lindsay shared his “Unpraryerful Reflections” on “The Suicide of a Nation.” Well, the United States had a good run, but in a confused state and in unjustified despair—exacerbated by misinformation from various sources—the …
“The Public Health Implications Give Me Nightmares” – New Quackwatch, RFK Jr., and the Ten Commandments
November 13, 2024Ahoy-hoy! Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s thrice-weekly roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. This week’s edition of the Consumer Health Digest is now available at CFI’s Quackwatch. The latest newsletter features: Don’t forget, it’s free to subscribe and have the Consumer Health Digest delivered directly via email every week. You still …
“I’m Not Sure How Else You Do It” – Veterans Day, Darwinism in the U.S., and Atheist Chaplains
November 11, 2024Welcome to the Morning Heresy, CFI’s regular roundup of news and headlines for the reality-based community. In honor of Veterans Day, Brian Engler, Retired Commander, U.S. Navy (CDR, USN Ret.) recognizes the sacrifice of those who’ve served our country and the need to defend the ideals it was built on. “Blind and unthinking patriotism are …