Sunday August 9th found a small group of nonbelievers enjoying life. What a wonderful setting for an afternoon of sumptuous food and wading in the nearby river. It was a hot afternoon but was made enjoyable by a hearty summer breeze. The company was pleasant ant the discussions interesting. In the company of like-minded individuals…

Dale Neuman believed, he really believed. Rather than seek help for his ailing diabetic daughter he kept her home and prayed for her recovery. She died last march from her undiagnosed diabetic condition. This disease was a fully treatable condition. A U.S. jury has found Dale Neuman guilty of killing his daughter. He faces up…

Human beings are not descended from Apes. Modern apes and humans are related and are descended from a common ancestor. This common ancestor split into two branches or more with one branch becoming through progressive states  modern day apes, and another progressing through differing states into the present day human form. Each branch experienced differing…

These are some of the undisputed facts or signs of climate change:Fact 1 – Heat waves increasing common and extreme heat is perhaps the most common sign of climate change, and also signs of global warming. It is true that there have been periods of warming and cooling over the last 5 billion years, but…

  There was a time not long ago that I used to listen to Limbaugh fervently. Being a conservative I shared many things in common with the man. I wondered at the time why there were so many dissenters calling to argue with him. There was that time though, when he said that despite protests…

  The freedom of speech http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution is the treasured first amendment to the Constitution. It states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment  of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the…

"Buy USA" has  been stated as a means to preserve jobs in the United States for many years. Foreign workers, who accept pennies on the dollar for their labors, have inundated the U.S. markets with cheap products for many years, driving domestic manufacturers to seek to move their manufacturing facilities to these same foreign countries.…

  I read an article in the present issue of Scientific American which states in the title that Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is in danger of being upset by Quantum Mechanics. I don’t pretend to know much about either The Theory of Relativity or Quantum Mechanics, though I found the article interesting. In the world…

  What do you do if your entire life has been undermined? Your belief system shattered. Your livelihood slipping away. You have to try to preserve it the best you can, and any way you can. Even if it means acting in a manner unbecoming of those very belief systems. In the case of Darwin’s…

On this day 200 years ago a great man was born. In celebration I ask everyone to think: Is it so bad to be the fifth ape? Gorillas, chimpanzee, orangutans, gibbons, humans. It is a much more wondrous trip we have made than that described by myth where you take a piece of clay and…