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Twain Collection Reveals a Devoted Family Man

By Michelle RuizApr 21st 2010 – 3:55PM
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(April 21) -- Mark Twain is best known as the great American humorist and satirist, a famed curmudgeon fond of sending up religion, racism and government. But a new collection of the author's personal writings at Sotheby's auction house in New York reveals Twain the family man, a devoted husband and loving father who wrote...

Irish Atheists Challenge Nation's Blasphemy Law

Jan 2nd 2010 – 7:16PM

(Jan. 2) -- An Irish atheist group has published a series of quotations on religion in an attempt to challenge a blasphemy law that went into effect on New Year's Day. The 25 "blasphemous" quotations include the words of Jesus, Mohammed, Mark Twain, Salman Rushdie and Bjork. Atheist Ireland published the list on its Web...

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