July / August 2009

THE ISSUE AT HAND

by: Jennifer Bardi
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HUMANIST PROFILE

Thomas Paine, 1737-1809

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Features:

Star Trek Made Me an Atheist

by: Nick Farrantello

Growing up, my parents were very strict. On Friday nights I had to be in bed by 10 pm. My mother would tuck me in, turn off the light, and close the door. I would lie under the covers until [Read More...]

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Counterfeiting Tradition

by: Luis Granados

In 2006 the government of Turkey launched an ambitious effort to rewrite the basic foundation of Islam in order to produce a kinder and gentler result. To appreciate why this ongoing program—known as the “hadith project”—is doomed to fail, it [Read More...]

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Hidden from History

by: Cleo Fellers Kocol

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. —Section 1, Equal Rights Amendment George Santayana’s famous quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are [Read More...]

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Torture Probe: Who’s Being Protected under the Searing Bright Light?

by: David Swanson

A reporter recently asked me when activists would consider the struggle to hold torturers accountable to be over. I replied that it wasn’t a matter of whether activists would continue to hold a grudge against those in the U.S. government [Read More...]

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Nothing Sacred: What We Talk about When We Talk about Torture

by: Clayton Whitt

The prisoners had their feet shackled to the floor and their hands cuffed close to their chins… Detainees were clad only in diapers and not allowed to feed themselves. A prisoner who started to drift off to sleep would tilt [Read More...]

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If English Was Good Enough for Jesus…

by: Katrina Voss

Listening to talk radio is like picking a scab. It’s hard to stop. And why stop? Despite its reputation for offering little more than anonymous plebeian banter, there is often some wisdom to be gleaned from hosts and callers alike. [Read More...]

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BOOK REVIEW

Review by: Barry Klassel
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