In support of his new book god is not Great, Christopher Hitchens has become an intellectual vagabond, crisscrossing the country in search of religious believers to debate. As one would expect, Hitch has been making mincemeat of his opponents, though admittedly they seem to be a pretty mediocre bunch so far (theologian Douglas Wilson, for example, confused ephemeral with effeminate, though Hitchens was too polite to point this out). The next debate is with professor Marvin Olasky, who should prove a more worthy opponent.

At the Republican primary debate in Simi Valley, three of the candidates---Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, and Tom Tancredo---admitted that they do not believe in evolution.

Wired magazine's article on the New Athiests features Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett.