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The magician explains his libertarian beliefs and why President Obama should be "questioned and beat up."
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Religion can cause "good people to do bad things," but Penn Jillette gets along better with fundamentalists than with liberal Christians who preach easy tolerance.
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Author and magician Penn Jillette explains how his studiousness as a teenager led to his becoming an atheist.
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"Same way Kennedy prepared for his debates: with a blow job and a cup of coffee," jokes the magician.
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When the Penn watches televised magic, he has "a very real sense" that he's watching different takes stuck together.
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"Damn similar to how it is now," says Penn.
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Penn and long-time partner Teller are best friends, but their relationship is based on respect rather than love.
Ten people were arrested in the suburbs of New York, Boston, and northern Virginia last week, accused of being part of an elaborate Russian spy ring. According to the New […]
There is plenty to be said for the strong Dutch team at the World Cup in South Africa. With players like Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, they’re among the tournament’s […]
Fact: over half the world’s population lives in cities. Fact: all developed cities like New York, Tokyo, Singapore and London, are in a race to become “wired”. Fact: the most […]
July 1st marked the 100th day since Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, a major part of the Obama administration's health care overhaul. The same day, the administration unveiled a […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
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Emory University Professor of Law Frank Alexander is the Founding Director for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and the Director of Policy and Research at the […]
Articles at The Times (of London) now sit behind a paywall: two bucks a day or four bucks a week; The New York Times is building a paywall as you […]
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We've covered variousdesignsolutions for the vision-impaired. But what about the hearing-impaired? While the sight is visual in nature and thus more organically linked to design, can the auditory sense be […]