Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
One of my first (and successful) ventures into secular activism was in December of 2009 when I had filed a complaint concerning a nativity scene — prominently displayed on a corner with floodlights and no other holiday displays — at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Northeastern Pennsylvania [read more here]. The display was taken down and […]
Hemant Mehta, the “Friendly Atheist,” has launched a year-end poll in which readers can select their favorite ‘atheist billboard’ of the year. Making the final cut of 18 billboards is a billboard I submitted to the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) in early 2012, on behalf of the NEPA Freethought Society, which was slated […]
Bob Durgin — talk show host on Harrisburg’s WHP 580 — recently shared his thoughts concerning the Freedom From Religion’s “let reason prevail” banner which was erected on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, PA. While discussing the banner and atheist groups who advertise messages during the holiday season, he noted that there is a “strong element […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) authored a letter addressed to Wilkes-Barre’s mayor Thomas Leighton demanding that the city restore the vandalized “Let reason prevail” banner and prosecute the individual who was videotaped vandalizing the banner. Today, the FFRF has reproduced their letter as a news release noting, among other things, that it has now […]
I was invited to appear as a guest host for episode 25 of the A-News Podcast to discuss the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Let reason prevail” banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. A local resident named Joe McDonald — one day after the placement of the banner — was videotaped vandalizing the banner, […]