Hemant Mehta

Chicago

Editor at Patheos

Co-Host at Friendly Atheist Podcast

Jeopardy! champ everywhere but Canada. Writer. YouTuber. Podcaster. [email protected]. https://t.co/a8U9iKt0LP

Articles

Don’t let nostalgia rewrite the real legacy of Pope Francis

1 day ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!I’m surprised by how quickly so many people are trying to rewrite the history of Pope Francis, who died this week at age 88. He was the “People’s Pope,” said countless headlines.
Slate Crossword: Pluto, When I Was a Child (Six Letters)

2 days ago | slate.com | Hemant Mehta

Featured Clue13-Across & 27-Across: GAYLE KING & KATY PERRYRead about it in Slate: “As stupid as I thought it would be, it was even stupider,” wrote Heather Schwedel of Blue Origin’s “all female” trip to space. Challenge your friends to today’s puzzle! Slate Games Crossword
Slate Crossword: Pluto, When I Was a Child (Six Letters)

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Hemant Mehta

31,181 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others? 31,181 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?
Indiana resolution declares "unified" allegiance to "the Lord, Jesus Christ"

2 days ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!When Oklahoma passed its “Christ is King” resolution last week, the text made clear it was doing so to recognize “the spiritual significance of this declaration to many of its citizens.” “Many.” Not all.
City of Hartford flies Christian flag at City Hall, despite warning from lawyer

3 days ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!On Thursday, the city of Hartford, Connecticut raised a Christian flag at City Hall, violating the Constitution and creating grounds for a potential lawsuit that they should, in theory, lose.
Two more Democrats have joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus

4 days ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!The Congressional Freethought Caucus has just added another two members: Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ).
Oklahoma Republicans pass controversial "Christ is King" resolution

5 days ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!In a pathetic attempt to merge church and state, Oklahoma Republicans have passed a resolution proclaiming that “Christ is King” by a 71-16 vote.
Ohio schools face lawsuit threats over candy-fueled Christian recruiting

6 days ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!A right-wing legal group is threatening to sue Ohio public school districts if they prevent Christian ministries from using candies and toys to help kids lure their classmates to the religious lessons.
Arkansas Republicans just fired the state's Library Board to please one Christian Nationalist

1 week ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!Arkansas Republicans passed a bill this week allowing Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to fire everyone on the State Library Board because they weren’t doing enough to ban books.
Catholic hospital ditches "pro-life" rhetoric to avoid malpractice lawsuit payout

1 week ago | friendlyatheist.com | Hemant Mehta

This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain itself due to the support I receive from a small percentage of regular readers. Would you please consider becoming one of those supporters? You can use the button below to subscribe to Substack or use my usual Patreon page!How seriously do Catholics take their own belief that life begins at conception? Not that much, apparently, when there’s cash on the line.