Or vice versa. As a secular person who was a Christian minister and chaplain for years, I’ve been writing a […]
Sneak Preview
A preview of this week’s column … “A Definition of Religion even Seculars can Accept” Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) wrote […]
Merry Season to All
I just received the annual Christmas (not “Holiday”) message from the President of the Evangelical Christian University where I earned […]
Thoreau’s Challenge
I’ll be teaching a course on Henry David Thoreau this spring. These thoughts were springing and sauntering off the pages […]
Nicking St. Nick
“No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus” {An updated version of the famous letter and editorial from New York […]
Please Support My Work
I post this “invitation” now and then. I’m not paid for most of my teaching and writing, so I welcome […]
Holy Cow Trough!
What a surprise, and just in time for the Christmas Season. . . We all know that Superstition and Credulity […]
Who Needs a Pet?
{Note: as I replied to one commenter, this post is not at all aimed at legitimate service animals OR thoughtful, […]
Baby god
Joy to the world, the season of Big Babies is Back! Predictably, the seasonal outrage over the fake “war on […]
Thanks for Wild Things
As a secular person I have much to be thankful for, and I don’t really mind a day when the […]
Am I a Socialist?
Lots of fear-flaunting these days. In the 50’s, the scare word was “Communist.” Now, “Socialist.” Having never seriously studied political […]
Peace of Paradise
Piece (if not Peace) of Paradise I saw that a former neighbor’s house is for sale. The asking price: $7m […]
Friendly Freethinker 