Blog Archives for August, 2009
How Religion May Affect Your Medical Care
No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
August 28, 2009
Some pharmacists want their religion to trump your medical needs
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The Humanism of Senator Edward Kennedy
Guest Blog from Paul Kurtz
August 27, 2009
The death of Edward Kennedy and Eunice Kennedy Shriver within two weeks of each other brings back my memory of a fascinating...
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The Late Ted Kennedy on Church and State
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
August 26, 2009
View the late senator's speech on faith, truth and tolerance at Jerry Falwell's Liberty Baptist College.
Humanism and Health Care
No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
August 25, 2009
The contributions humanism can make to the health care debate
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Vatican Miracle Game
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
August 25, 2009
Medical science shortchanged by miracle claim.
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Phil Plait Preaches Skepticism at the Gnomedex Conference
Out of My Skeptical Mind with D.J. Grothe
August 21, 2009
The Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares the skeptical point of view and ideas for organizing at a large technology conference
Encountering ‘Aliens in the Attic’
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
August 21, 2009
Children’s fantasy is a takeoff on the alien mythology.
Church-State Fiasco Looms in Texas
Guest Blog from Tom W. Flynn
August 20, 2009
An unfunded mandate for public high school Bible classes will sow chaos in Texas. Fortunately some schools are opting out.
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A Secular Humanist’s Perspective on Health Care Reform
Freethought from the Heartland with Reba Boyd Wooden
August 19, 2009
How should we decide what is the best solution to the health care crisis?
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Paleontologists Tour “Creationist Disneyland”
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
August 14, 2009
Scientists tour “monument to scientific illiteracy”
Yale University Press’ Capitulation
Dino from the Sands with Ibn Warraq
August 13, 2009
Yale U.P. has decided not to publish the Muhammad cartoons that resulted in riots in 2006 in the Islamic world.
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The Last Days of Heath Ledger—So What?
A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper with Ben Radford
August 11, 2009
Why would anyone think that an accounting of the last few days of Heath Ledger’s life would be important?
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Therapy to Support Your Faith—and Suppress Yourself
No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
August 06, 2009
The APA endorses therapy to suppress the sexual desires of gays and lesbians.
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CFI Files Supreme Court Brief in Religious Display Case
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
August 05, 2009
On August 3, CFI filed a Supreme Court brief in the case of Salazar v. Buono.
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Great Quackery Collector Dead
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
August 04, 2009
Olgierd Lindan, freethinker and quackbuster, dies at 95.
Atheism Explained
It’s Only Natural with John Shook
August 03, 2009
Tired of opposed definitions of atheism? A diagnosis of what's going on, and how to explain atheism.
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