November 2016
Thomas Paine We screened The Life of Thomas Paine, a film produced by the Thomas Paine Society at our October general meeting. Their web site says, “Thomas Paine was the one truly radical Founding Father of America, a man who …
Category: Utah Humanist
October 2016
The Changing Roll of Religion in Modern Society George Pyle, editorial writer and columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune was guest speaker at our September monthly meeting. He began the discussion by describing the situation in which the Salt …
September 2016
Whose Ground? Excerpted from Patricia Williams’ article in The Nation (Aug. 29/Sept.5, 2016) of the same name because rational thought should supersede a panic response for all of us, especially humanists. He looked dangerous. He looked like a suspect. …
August 2016
How We Almost Lost the Salt Lake Tribune Ted McDonough spoke to us in July. He is on the Board of the Utah Newspaper Project (dba Citizens for Two Voices) Ted was born and bred in SLC. He started with …
July 2016
Tribe~Book Review~ We evolved in groups. We survived and became successful in groups. Tribe, written by Sebastian Junger, describes the groups that we came from and why a close connection with other humans is essential for our well-being in today’s …