Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Readers of my blog are well-aware that the FFRF’s “let reason prevail” holiday freethought banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre — following city approval — was vandalized by Joe McDonald who admitted to the vandalism in a local television news report and in an interview on local talk radio. In addition to […]
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 […]
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 on WILK Newsradio‘s “Corbett” (hosted by Steve Corbett) on 12/21/12 to discuss the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Let reason prevail” banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre following city approval. Discussed is vandalism of the banner by admitted vandal Joe McDonald, my police report, the process by which […]
