On May 5, 2008, Sam Harris posted links to four online surveys on his website, seeking the opinions of atheists and committed Christians on a wide variety of topics. Over the next few weeks, he received 36,781 finished surveys (some respondents completed all four, some fewer). More information and the results of those surveys are located here.
Direct links to the results:
From HeraldTribune.com:
TAMPA – The IRS is tangling with a Sarasota-based business that trains salespeople to adopt biblical principles in their work.
A federal judge has ordered the founder of “Selling Among Wolves,” Michael Q. Pink, to respond in writing and at a hearing in September, showing why he shouldn’t be compelled to comply with an IRS summons. The tax agency said in court papers that Pink failed to appear as ordered June 28, when he was supposed to produce books and other records demanded.
Pink said this morning that he was unaware of the court filing and the judge’s order. He said he has given the IRS everything it has asked for.
Pink said he asked the IRS to explain why and what it needed, but the agency refused.
“They just respond with a form letter of just intimidation, frankly, and not the courtesy of, ‘Please explain what you’re asking for and the legal basis.’ ”Pink said he decided it wasn’t worth fighting over.
“It was simpler just to give them what they asked for,” he said. “We decided life’s too short, and we gave them everything they wanted.”
According to court papers, Pink was asked to provide documents substantiating his business gross receipts and expenses for 2003, 2004 and 2005. Gross receipts were listed as $147,134, $229,668 and $341,582.
The “Selling Among Wolves” Web site describes the business as “a biblically based sales training and development firm specializing in adapting biblical strategies and principles to the business development process.”
Hitchens has himself waterboarded in order to determine if it is torture or not:
Read the Vanity Fair article here.
Not so good.
From Truthdig:
Despite spending countless billions and passing draconian laws, the United States is anything but a drug-free zone. The percentages of those in the U.S. who have tried marijuana or cocaine are greater than the percentages of any other country surveyed, according to a new study. The Netherlands, which has notoriously lax drug policies, had less than half the percentage of marijuana users and an even lower level of cocaine dabblers relative to the U.S.
