We honor the French cartoonists who were killed this week by religious extremists by talking with the irreverent Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist Steve Benson. Then we chat with Marshall Brain, …
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FFRF’s holiday greetings displayed in Puerto Rico
The Humanistas Seculares de Puerto Rico (Secular Humanists of Puerto Rico) held a protest on the steps of the Judicial Center of San Juan to object to the common government practice of …
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FFRF takes “atheists in foxholes” ad in USA Today’s Year in Defense edition
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog which is the nation’s largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), has a full-page ad geared at “atheists in foxholes” in the …
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Freethought Radio — January 3, 2015
We start the show talking about three recent movies with freethought connections. Then we ask, “How do atheists deal with death?” Greta Christina tells us about her new book, Comforting …
Freethought Radio – December 27, 2014
In the news: FFRF on ESPN basketball, North Carolina nativity scene victory, and the first winter solstice sign in Puerto Rico. We celebrate the New Year with a light-hearted performance …
Away with the manger — in with the Solstice!
For a fact, the Christians stole Christmas. We don’t mind sharing the season with them, but we don’t like their pretense that it is the birthday of Jesus. It is …
Vandals tear down FFRF banner; more religious signs go up
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s solstice banner on the lawn of the Bulloch County Courthouse in Statesboro, Ga., was torn down by vandals. FFRF’s local member coordinating the display was …
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FFRF/atheist billboards blanket Chicago for holidays
Correction: The removed billboard referenced was originally at 130th St. and Saginaw Avenue in Chicago and is being moved to Cottage Grove Avenue and Joe Orr Street in Chicago …
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What I want for Christmas…
By Robert Green Ingersoll The Arena, Boston, December 1897 If I had the power to produce exactly what I want for next Christmas, I would have all the kings and emperors …