Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Pennsylvania Nonbelievers, one of the organizations which made the 2012 PA State Atheist/Humanist Conference a reality, recently uploaded my speech from the conference. Some parts of my speech were read from an essay I had written concerning separation of church and state issues in the state of Pennsylvania in which I have been directly involved with or […]
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has recently announced his support of gay marriage following a campaign of passionate letters authored by Pennsylvanians.In the Times Leader article announcing Casey’s cognitive shift, Bishop Bambera of the Diocese of Scranton chimed in with some sour grapes. The article explains, In a prepared statement, Bishop of Scranton Joseph Bambera Casey’s […]
A graduate student at the university I attend — Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania — is lobbying for a woman’s center to be included on campus. This prospective women’s center is proposed as a place where women are provided resources and information pertaining to sexual assault including “information, seminars, and assistance” according to an article […]
Jon Meyer, a WNEP 16 News anchor, has taken a story about the death of a child and added a great deal of religious ideology to it. WNEP News and John Meyer should be reporting stories and fact rather than promoting religious ideology and untestable claims. Meyer writes, A little girl so many in our […]
Marywood University’s Celebrate Your Body Wellness Fair — an event advertised as “an interactive program used to promote positive body image, fitness and personal health” — will be taking place once again on February 21, 2013. This upcoming event, one would assume, should provide accurate science-based information about wellness to members of the campus community. Rather […]
