Freethought Today 2006 Archives
December 2006:
Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation to Be Heard By U.S. Supreme Court in February -- Winter Solstice Sign Returns to Wisconsin Capitol for Eleventh Year -- Student Wins Thomas Jefferson Award -- Habecker to Appeal Pledge Lawsuit -- State/Church Bulletin -- Letting Go of God (Sweeney) -- "Lions, and Tigers, and Fundamentalists, Oh My!" (Frei) -- How Not to Believe in God (Harris) -- Ten Questions for Bill O'Reilly about Jesus (Bolton) -- Intelligently Designed Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Memoriam, Michael Hakeem -- In Their Own Words -- Atheist Authors Speak Out -- Overheard
November 2006:
FFRF Lawsuit Halts Federal Faith Prison Program -- FFRF Contests New Mexico "Faith Pod" -- FFRF Reports Church Electioneering to IRS -- Announcing "Post-Life" Memberships & Donation Incentives for Senior Citizens -- State/Church Bulletin -- Anne Gaylor's 8th Birthday to Benefit Charity -- Atheist Philip Paulson, Present, Sir! (Paulson) -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Memoriam: Philip Paulson -- Solstice Card Contest Announced! -- It Pays to Complain -- FFRF Convention Photos -- Overheard
October 2006:
FFRF Lawsuit Against VA Proceeds -- Christian-Zionist Movement Grows -- State/Church Bulletin -- Theocracy Alert -- Truth to Power (Rose) -- Befriending Theists Benefits Atheists (Silverman) -- Darwin Fish (Bourne) -- My Tap Water Baptism (And Aren't They All?) (Burr) -- As a Woman, I Want No Religion (Berg) -- G is for Genocide (LeClair) -- Infidel Info -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Memoriam: Vashti Cromwell McCollum -- Overheard, In Their Own Words -- Overheard: Pope/Muslim Debacle
September 2006:
Bush Seeks High Court Ruling to Halt FFRF "Faith-based" Challenge -- Theocracy Alert -- State/Church Bulletin -- In a Dark Time (Appleman) -- Uncivil Unions: The Boy Scouts & Public Schools (Scalise) -- In Support of Michael Newdow (Tiernan) -- The Churches Have Legalized Discrimination In America (Masters) -- A.E. Housman: Poet, Scholar, Atheist (Sloan) -- The Pharisees of Northwood Elementary (Bidwell) -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- Overheard, In Their Own Words
August 2006:
GAO: Few Faith-Based Safeguards -- More Than $4,000 Awarded in FFRF High School Scholarships -- State/Church Bulletin -- Missionaries or Museum-Keepers (Hannibalsson) -- Darwin's Example (Appleman) -- American Atheists and Agnostics: The Only Unelectable Minority? (Weitzel) -- The First Amendment v. Fundamentalism: Intelligent Design in the Public School Classroom (Wishingrad) -- Design's "Uniformity" vs. Evolution's Evidence (Pattabiraman) -- The Name Game: How Creationism Became Intelligent Design and Why It Should Not Be Taught in Classrooms (Horwitz) -- How Religious Dogma Restricts and Oppresses Women (Khokhar) -- Iceland Scrapbook -- Overheard -- Celebrating Ken's 85th! -- In Memoriam: Marjory Chamberlin
June/July 2006:
FFRF Sues Federal Prisons: "One Faith" Program Suspended -- FFRF's Faith-based Office Challenge Headed to Supreme Court? -- "Losing Faith in Faith" Reissued in Hardback -- It Pays to Complain -- In the News -- Theocracy Alert -- State/Church Bulletin -- The Gideons and Brunswick County Schools (Campbell) -- Awakening From The Dreamworld Of Religion (Bernardin) -- Invasion of Irrationalism (Sacks) -- Imagine No Superstition: The Power To Enjoy Your Life With No Guilt, No Shame, No Blame (Uhl) -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Their Own Words -- Overheard
May 2006:
FFRF Sues VA over Religion -- FFRF Airs Freethought Weekly Radio Broadcast -- Nominations Accepted for Student Activist Awards -- Scalise v. Boy Scouts of America -- Theocracy Alert -- State/Church Bulletin -- If Limbo, Why Not Hell? (Brazill) -- Fighting Words: Founders, Feminists & Freethinkers (Morgan) -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Their Own Words -- Overheard -- Bishop: Turn Beliefs into Law
April 2006:
"Wake Up America" Campaign Begins -- Foundation Monitors Gov. Blagojevich Scheme -- FFRF Protests Student Fees for Catholicism -- Foundation Joins Secular Coalition for America -- Oshkosh Complaint Commands Headlines -- Gaylor Calls for Tourists to "Bypass South Dakota" -- Study: Atheists Most Discriminated Minority -- Theocracy Alert -- In Religion's Name -- In Brief -- State/Church Bulletin -- O'Connor, Ginsburg Assail Extremists -- Report from D.C.'s New Secular Lobbyist (Brown) -- Jean Gams, 87 Years an Activist (Gaylor) -- Getting Acquainted with Freethinkers (Minkel) -- Does God Answer Prayer? (Bolton) -- David Corn on Theopolitics (Corn) -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- Marquee Madness -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words
March 2006:
Robertson, Religions Reap Tax Dollars -- Audit Reveals Faith-based Funding Dangers -- In The News -- State/Church Bulletin -- Pseudo-Science Prevention Act Introduced -- Faith-based Funding Increases, Domestic Funding Slashed -- No Longer Catholic, No Longer Quiet (McGee) -- Religious Extremism a Great Advertisement for Atheism (Gaylor) -- Ernie Chambers: Hero of the First Amendment -- Debunking the Historical Jesus (Barker) -- Morality Without Religion (Hussain) -- Making Them Think, and Making Them Smile; Cartoons by Don Addis -- Announcing 2006 Student Essay Contests -- California Humanists Free From Religion -- Supreme Court of Wisconsin quote
January/February 2006:
Appeals Court Upholds FFRF's Right to Sue over Bush's Faith-based Office -- "Rhymes for the Irreverent" Released -- In The News -- State/Church Bulletin -- Alito Confimation Would Tip Court -- Salvation (Barker) -- The Devil Made Me Do It, or: Tolerance Isn't Supposed To Be Easy (Habecker) -- One's Right to Die with Dignity (Whatley) -- Heavens Above! (Fahringer) -- Good, Bad, and Lots of Indifferent: The State of State K-12 Science Standards and the Fate of U.S. Science Education (Lerner) -- "Tom Clark, the Atheist" Garnered 43% of Vote (Clark) -- Why Doesn't The Bible Like Me? (Truett) -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- High Schoolers Visit Freethought Hall on Field Trip -- In Memoriam -- Debate: Does Religion Benefit Society? -- Consciousness-Raising Picket -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words