The 2012 Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, signed by a number of researchers on the subject, declares that animals have consciousness because they have similar neural structures to those we humans Continue Reading →
The steady, inevitable, secular advance is readily apparent in the data cited by two recent articles describing significant changes in the US population. First up, James Haught, in an article Continue Reading →
From the Mythicist Milwaukee website: Our Mission Mythicist Milwaukee promotes dialogue about culture, religion and freedom of thought. Our Vision: A world free from religious oppression and bigotry. our core Continue Reading →
Jase Heap of The Untied Coalition of Reason reports that 367 out 1,041 incoming freshmen at American University in Wash DC identify as a “None” of some kind. “Nones” of Continue Reading →
We are a recalcitrant species. Stubbornness, when manifested as stick-to-it-iveness, is a hallmark of our very human tenacity and cleverness to adapt to almost any environment on earth. In the Continue Reading →
WHY WE CAN WIN The following is a an edited excerpt of an anonymous conversation from a discussion thread from one of my classes. “I go to a private christian Continue Reading →
(as recent a photo as I got. But a few months old, speaking, talking with my hands as usual, wanting to convey information as usual as well…it is what separates Continue Reading →
By 2050, according to estimates derived from the 2008 census, there will be just under 90 million people 65 and older in the US, comprising about 20% of the population. Continue Reading →
Myself, and Tom Cara from the Chicago Chapter of the Freedom from Religion Foundation at the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) booth at the McHenry County Fair, Woodstock, IL on Continue Reading →
A short book review of the above. (13 chapters plus appendix, 234 pages, 196 references). From the Forward: “The authors have woven together Buddhist practices developed over two thousand years Continue Reading →
