2000 Newsletters

From The Halls Of Congress To The Halls Of Ivy Some 46 years ago, shortly after graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in journalism, I went to work for the National Wool Growers Association, as assistant editor of their trade...

Civility Professor John Kesler has spent a number of years developing a description of developmental stages of social thought and action. The model lists seven stages in the civility spectrum and the ages at which each plateau can or should...

Annual Membership Meeting and Banquet "And a grand time was had by all," summarizes the attitudes of those who attended the annual Business Meeting and Banquet on February 10th at Distinctive Catering. Following a fine dinner, reports from the...

Humanism Beliefs and Practices ~Book Review~ HUMANISM: Beliefs & Practices , written by Jeaneane Fowler and published by Sussex Press, 1999, is the most definitive book on humanism since Corliss Lamont published the Philosophy of...

In Appreciation: Erich Fromm When I made a commitment to give this presentation some months ago I had no idea how timely it would be given the current activities of Fromm devotees around the world. March 23, 2000, marked the centenary of Erich...

Failed United States' Leadership On Human Rights The half-century of United States' dominance of international politics has often been characterized as "benevolent" hegemony, or hegemonial "leadership" (Nye, Bound to Lead ; Lundestad, East,...

Prison Inmates Meet Socrates Written by Lawrence T: Jablecki who is the director of the Brazoria County Community Supervision and Corrections Department in Angleton Texas, and has a Ph.D. in political philosophy from Manchester University in...

The Nature of Scientific Inquiry In the November-December 1999 issue of The World magazine, UUA President John Buehrens wrote eloquently about spirituality and science. His treatment of the topic fits nicely with my theme. Dr. Buehrens' conclusions...

Successful Summer Social The annual Summer Social, held August 10, 2000 was a tremendous success. Rolf Kay definitely knows how to organize a party! I joined Humanists of Utah in early 1992. That year some members of the group decided to...

Living and Dying: Humanism and US History This past summer, (2000) Sen. Joseph Lieberman introduced a congressional resolution calling for more emphasis on the teaching of American history. In making his presentation Sen. Lieberman said: "When...

Politics 2000: Who Cares? Professor J.D. Williams presented his perspective on the 2000 elections to our group. He made it very clear there are real choices in this year's elections. This has not always been the case. Consider in 1944 when the...

Religion and Ethics: A Secular Response December 2000 A couple of months ago I was asked by the organizers of a conference at UVSC to provide a secular response to the contemporary relevance of great religious teachers. The choice, that...