“The Raven” (A Nickell-odeon Review)
Investigative Briefs with Joe Nickell
May 16, 2012
Baltimore, 1849. First, there is the brutal murder of a woman and her daughter in a fourth-floor apartment that is locked from the inside. Then the body of a man named Griswold is found in a torture chamber, sliced in half by a great curved blade at the end of a pendulum.
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L. Frank Baum, Freethought Firebrand?
Advocatus Diaboli with Tom Flynn
May 16, 2012
Tomorrow (May 17) is the 112th anniversary of the publication of that subversive freethought children's book, THE WIZARD OF OZ. You didn't know it was a freethought book? Have I got a tale for you ...
The Morning Heresy 5/16/12: Tugging on My Kuiper Belt
by Paul Fidalgo
May 16, 2012
Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Urgent new action alert: The House version of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act strips away crucial protections based on sexual orientation, religion, and nationality. We need you to take action right now to oppose this version of the bill, and to tell the House to take up the Senate version, which CFI supported.
The Morning Heresy 5/15/12: They Can’t Burn Our Internet
by Paul Fidalgo
May 15, 2012
Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
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Is The ‘Real-Life Barbie’ a Media Myth?
A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper with Ben Radford
May 14, 2012
News organizations around the world claimed that a young Russian model has achieved her desire to look like a Barbie doll, sparking discussion and outrage about the media's influence on women. But is it true?
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The Morning Heresy 5/14/12: Share the Meat
by Paul Fidalgo
May 14, 2012
Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
CFI's suit to allow secular celebrants to solemnize marriages in Indiana is sparking more attention.
Indy Star columnist Erika Smith looks at the state of marriage equality in Indiana, and says:
What Obama said was inspiring and what the Center for Inquiry is doing is amazing.
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The Morning Heresy 5/11/12: Bottomless Chum Bucket
by Paul Fidalgo
May 11, 2012
Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
CFI-Indiana director Reba Boyd Wooden and member John Kiel do a great job being interviewed on WSBT television on CFI's efforts to end religious privilege in solemnizing marriages in Indiana. Reba says, "We shouldn't be forced to portray ourselves as religious. We should be able to [solemnize marriages] under a secular certification."
Secular Campus Group’s Office Vandalized; Group Responds
by Debbie Goddard
May 10, 2012
This morning the Titans for Reason, the secular pro-science student group at California State University – Fullerton, found their on-campus office space vandalized, apparently by a religious individual or group.
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Obama and Marriage Equality: The Inspirational, the Cynical, and the Practical
by Paul Fidalgo
May 10, 2012
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What We’ve Gained—and What We’ve Lost
Advocatus Diaboli with Tom Flynn
May 10, 2012
If anyone didn't already know that the legalization of same-sex marriage is inevitable, President Obama's dramatic announcement that he supports it should settle the matter. That makes this a good time to appreciate what those of us who favor the expansion of rights as a general principle have gained -- and what we've lost.
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