Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
In November of 2011 — accompanied with my friend and fellow atheist activist Carl Silverman — I attended a legislative session in Harrisburg, PA. During the legislative session (note: not before), Carl Silverman and I declined to stand for the prayer. We were approached by an armed guard who asked us multiple times to stand […]
Marywood University’s student newspaper published an article detailing my efforts to start a Secular Student Alliance group at Marywood University. Marywood denied my motion to start this club. Here is the text of the article: A new group that has been denied approval as an official club is stirring controversy on campus due to its […]
(NEPA Freethought Society members at Reason Rally) For more pictures, view this album. I published an article for Examiner.com titled “NEPA Freethought Society members attend Reason Rally.” Here is an excerpt from the article: After months of planning, members of the NEPA Freethought Society — a social, educational, activist, and philosophical group of non-believers comprised […]
I published an article for Examiner.com titled “King’s College English professors respond to ‘New York City word ban.’” The New York City Department of Education had recently considered excluding a list of words — including ‘dinosaur’ and ‘evolution’ — from standardized tests. On April 2, though, the city’s chief academic officer announced that New York City schools would […]
Rich Howells — writing for Go Lackawanna in Scranton, PA — has authored a wonderful ‘pro-reason’ Reason Rally article! From the article, Like it or not, secularism is on the rise, but that isn’t some sort of storm cloud warning or preachy threat – we’re just letting everyone know that we’re here, proud of who we are, and willing […]