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Tag Archive for ‘freethought’
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 […]
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 […]
Pooh Sticks
This week’s column (published on Saturday) takes a stroll into the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie-the-Pooh and friends. Reading a […]
Turbans
Lessons in human kindness from the Sikh religion and a class on Humanism … A preview of this weekend’s column: […]
Leadership for Dummies
(*Update to this post: This article in the NYT speaks to the challenges rational people currently face: “Where Facts Were No […]
Placeholders
This thought grew out of a discussion in my class on Humanism. Placeholders for the Ineffable. We have an experience, […]
Fly My Flag!
As we all know, Jesus loves flags. Remember his famous call: “Take up your flag and follow me.” Geez, this […]
Gods of the Pigeon-holes
Writer Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) presents the challenge for freethinkers of any age who question tradition … the “pigeon-hole way of […]
20 Books, 20 Years
This year, 2021, marks 20 years since I published my first book, Meditations of John Muir: Nature’s Temple. With my […]
Glass City Humanists Interview
In this interview with Douglas Berger of the Glass City Humanists in Toledo, Ohio, I talk about my past interfaith […]
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