Fred Edwords
Posts by Fred Edwords (page 5)
The Hidden Hues of Humanism
For years it has been lamented that humanist groups and events lack adequate participation by racial minorities. “Our philosophy is inclusive,” goes the refrain.... Read More
Still Enlightening after All These Years
A typical sales pitch for the Humanist Institute’s graduate study program might go something like this: Do you want to learn the philosophical and... Read More
An Omnivorous Animal Agenda
We almost died. Our whole species. Between 90,000 and 60,000 years ago Homo sapiens sapiens went through a population bottleneck in which we were... Read More
You Don’t Know Jack
Reporter: There are those who would say about Dr. Jack Kevorkian: “Right message; wrong messenger.” Geoffrey Fieger: And who is the right messenger? These... Read More
Why Genocide?
Over the past fifteen years United Nations tribunals have addressed genocide issues associated with conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur. The most recent development... Read More
A Humanist Manifesto Turns Seventy-Five
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in January, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as president of the United States in March, Mohandas Gandhi... Read More
What’s So Great about Christianity
THE PREDICTABLE backlash is now underway. In response to the popular atheist books of Susan Jacoby, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher... Read More