Sam Harris on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/sam_harris Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2011 2011-07-26T23:12:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Sam Harris Responds to Chris Hedges’ ‘Fundamentalism Kills’ Column http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/sam_harris_responds_to_chris_hedges_fundamentalism_kills_column_20110726/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/sam_harris_responds_to_chris_hedges_fundamentalism_kills_column_20110726/ book, chris hedges, debate, islamofascism, islamophobia, media, muslims, norway, religion, sam harris,

On Tuesday, in a column that can be read here, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges criticized Sam Harris (above) as being a fundamentalist. We offered Harris, who was once a prominent contributor to this site, a chance to respond, and he has done so.

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]]> 2011-07-26T23:12:00+00:00 In Defense of Elitism http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080923_in_defense_of_elitism/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080923_in_defense_of_elitism/ abortion, barack obama, bush, christian, conservatives, economy, election, harris, history, mccain, palin, politics, religion, war, When it comes to politics, there is a mad love of mediocrity in this country. “They think they’re better than you!” is the refrain that (highly competent and cynical) Republican strategists have set loose among the crowd, and the crowd has grown drunk on it once again. “Sarah Palin is an ordinary person!” Yes, all too ordinary.

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]]> 2008-09-24T05:43:00+00:00 Sam Harris Strikes Back http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070529_sam_harris_fights_back/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070529_sam_harris_fights_back/ atheism, debate, hedges, politics, religion, sam harris, truthdig, Harris

The following is Sam Harris’ response to Chris Hedges’ essay, “I Don’t Believe in Atheists.” Last week the two Truthdig contributors battled one another over the issues of religion and politics during a live debate in Los Angeles. While they both agree on the dangers posed by religious fundamentalism in America, their views on religion in general differ greatly, as you will soon read.

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]]> 2007-05-29T12:04:00+00:00 Sam Harris: ‘God’s Rottweiler’ Barks http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060916_sam_harris_rottweiler_barks/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060916_sam_harris_rottweiler_barks/ end, faith, harris, islam, pope, sam, speech, Pope Benedict XVI

The bestselling author of “The End of Faith” responds to Pope Benedict XVI’s speech on the interplay between faith and reason. Harris: “It is ironic that a man who has just disparaged Islam as ‘evil’ and ‘inhuman’ before 250,000 onlookers and the world press is now talking about a ‘genuine dialogue of cultures.’ ”

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]]> 2006-09-16T20:00:00+00:00 Sam Harris: The Language of Ignorance http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060815_sam_harris_language_ignorance/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060815_sam_harris_language_ignorance/ collins, faith, francis, genome, god, harris, human, language, project, sam, The Double Helix and the Cross

The bestselling secularist author of “The End of Faith” delivers a scathing review of “The Language of God,” a new book by Human Genome Project head Francis Collins that attempts to demonstrate a harmony between science and evangelical Christianity.

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]]> 2006-08-15T23:16:00+00:00 Sam Harris on the Reality of Islam http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060207_reality_islam/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060207_reality_islam/ blasphemy, cartoons, essay, islam, muhammad, muslim, protests, religious, sam harris, secularist,

“The truth about Islam is as politically incorrect as it is terrifying: Islam is all fringe and no center,” writes America’s most prominent secularist in a challenging and provocative new essay.
UPDATE: Harris responds to a deluge of comments and some criticism.

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]]> 2006-02-08T03:50:00+00:00 Regarding the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy http://www.truthdig.com/dig/blogitem/20060206_regarding_muhammad/ http://www.truthdig.com/dig/blogitem/20060206_regarding_muhammad/ burning, cartoon, danish, depiction, derogatory, hostages, muhammad, muslim, newspaper, protests, Atheism In recent days, crowds of thousands have gathered throughout the Muslim world—burning European embassies, issuing threats, and even taking hostages—in protest over twelve cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that were published in a Danish newspaper.  The problem is not merely that the cartoons were mildly derogatory.  The furor primarily erupted over the fact that the Prophet had been depicted at all….

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]]> 2006-02-06T19:21:00+00:00 Sam Harris Takes On the Muslim Cartoon Controversy and His Critics http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060203_sam_harris_answers/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060203_sam_harris_answers/ atheism, cartoon, controversy, dogmatism, islamic, muslim, religious, sam harris, Sam Harris

UPDATED: America’s most prominent secularist and author of the international bestseller “The End of Faith” reacts to the worldwide Islamic cartoon riots and responds to many of the criticisms lodged against his Truthdig essay “An Atheist Manifesto.”

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