Many of my essays and columns are collected in these books: Friendly Freethinker Broken Bridges A Freethinker’s Gospel Nature is […]
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“This is a fantastic essay! You are such a great writer.” “I enjoy your essays and musings. Thanks for sharing […]
James Baldwin’s 100th
This week’s column celebrates the 100th anniversary of writer James Baldwin’s birth on August 2, 1924. Baldwin was a freethinker […]
Natural Light
A sneak peek at this week’s column: The Brightness of Beauty in Natural Light When I make an effort to […]
Spreading the Gospel of Freethought
Thinking for ourselves, choosing what to believe or not believe, is both a basic right and an essential element of […]
Writing with Intention
Looking back over various comments and reviews of my writing (see the Books and Essays & Columns pages), I found […]
Preserving the Wilderness Above
First a column, then a chapter in “Humanist Meditations,” I read this essay to raise concerns and questions about what […]
Reading Columns
This is my first on-camera reading of a column. “Isn’t Every Child Born an Atheist?” See what you think and […]
Brain, Mind … Spirit?
This week’s column considers physicist Alan Lightman’s ideas in the book, “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science.” […]
Borders and Beliefs
The column coming up this next weekend is about borders, migration and seeking refuge. It also asks some hard questions […]
Artificial Religion
Coming this weekend: What if Artificial Intelligence Created a Religion? (Citizen-Times)
Leopard and Fox
For my Tuesday ritual (going on 7 years now) I just submitted another “Highland Views” column to the Asheville Citizen-Times. […]
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