Thanks to Margaret Downey, President of the Freethought Society in Pennsylvania, my essay on naturalistic philosopher John Burroughs is included […]
Appalachian New Year
Missing the cold, the snow, the “real winter,” yet we never have to miss the Beauty of Nature.
Grounding
This week’s column draws from a story told by a transgender rabbi, then relates that to a suicide prevention hotline […]
Growing Ideas
Thanks to crops of ideas planted, rooted, sprouting and fruiting, and thanks to readers who harvest the seeds of my […]
Sons are Born
Couldn’t resist creating this image of something I’ve thought about for years: all the innocent children, the “holy babies” and […]
Christmas
Some readers may know that my birthday is Christmas Day, so I usually like to keep it low key and […]
A Sun is Born
Unto us a Sun is given! An early “Shining Solstice” to readers of Friendly Freethinker! A BBC article amazes us with […]
Common Good
A bit of wit and wisdom gleaned from Nick Offerman’s “Where the Deer and the Antelope Play”: “Let’s own the […]
Saving Christ-mas
I know, strange thing for a secular freethinker to say, but looks like there really is a “war on Christmas,” […]
Thought Police
My column this weekend compares the annual “Freedom of Thought Report” from Humanists International with the U.S. State Department’s “International […]
New Book for Reading and Reflecting!
It’s been quite a year for writing and publishing! Take a look at my Books page! My latest book Once […]
Shining a Light
A visit from an old friend; a conversation about good things people are doing; an invitation to shine a light […]
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