Tracey is a frequent contributor to the Friendly Atheist online blog and co-moderator of the Friendly Atheist Facebook page. She has been a very vocal opponent of the Ark Encounter (referred to as AE from here on) from the first moment that she heard of it and joined the fight to prevent the project from
I recently read a book entitled “The Myth of Race” by Jefferson M. Fish, PhD. I found it to be one of the best books that I’ve read for some time, at least in terms of science written so that the average person can follow well. It’s also interesting and enjoyable to read. The premise
In keeping with the pattern of picking interesting and possibly controversial subjects, I decided to write about a topic that I seem to keep getting into conversations about with our members and that is a source of some controversy and confusion. That topic is “spirituality”. Yep, I’m really going there. What the heck, it’s fun
I’ll see if I can stir things up a bit by discussing a topic that has caused a significant stir in the atheist, as well as the Humanist, community for about as long as I can remember. This topic has been a source of controversy and has been a major focal point of social change
I’ve been having conversations with people lately (and actually for quite a while) about how we, as an organization, should treat people who are marginalized, disenfranchised, or otherwise discriminated against in our culture, or around the world for that matter. Sometimes, we aren’t sure what is the right thing to do or what might actually
SOCIAL JUSTICE Some big news came from the American Humanist Association the last week in February and I think that this is very important for our members to think about and reflect on, especially since we are a chapter of the AHA and are in constant contact with them. The AHA announced the addition of
