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The Reasons for the Season
For some “reason” this has to be explained every Winter Season. IF you celebrate, whatever you celebrate, I wish you […]
Bring Nothing, Take Nothing
This week’s column reflects on the way personal and community disasters bring us face to face with loss, while recalling […]
Critical Thinking is Critically Important
It seems, especially now, an active practice of critical thinking is essential. Thinking alone won’t solve our most pressing and […]
Tom Paine: Freethought Hero?
Teaching another course on Thomas Paine, I was struck by an intriguing thought: Here was a man of deep, sincere, […]
Atheist Children?
We don’t often hear someone say, “I’m a born atheist,” but this week’s “Highland Views” column asks the question: “Isn’t […]
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.” […]
Mind on Fire
To fire up the mind. . . . . .though not all warm and cozy!
Mountain to Mountain
I enjoyed this podcast interview with Brett Wilson on Mountain Zen Den He’s West in the Rockies, I’m East in […]
Weekly Columns
A reminder: My weekly columns from the Asheville Citizen-Times are posted each Saturday right here on Friendly Freethinker: Highland Views […]
Two New Books
Happy to announce the publication of two more books this week: One Nature Indivisible: Explorations in Freethought Eye to Eye: […]
How Can You Not Believe?
Taking this series of images of a dragonfly we hit with our car, I was awestruck by the amazing, intricate […]
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