2007 Newsletters

The Need for Liberal Arts Education Richard Layton's Discussion Group by Flo Wineriter The Autumn 2006 issue of the Wilson Quarterly  featured a scholarly essay by Michael Lind, Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New American...

Utah-Nevada Border Waste Land! Terry Marasco warned Humanists of Utah that if Las Vegas is successful in its effort to gain access to the groundwater in the Spring and Snake Valley a replica of the Sahara Desert will develop in the Western Utah-Eastern...

Challenges to Religion Richard Layton's Discussion Group by Flo Wineriter The February discussion group read and discussed "The New Naysayers" by Jerry Adler, published in the September 11, 2006 issue of Newsweek . The author examined...

Democracy 2.0 The articulate XMission CEO Pete Ashdown, who ran for US Senate in 2006 against Orrin Hatch, was March's charismatic speaker. Without a political background, and as an introvert more comfortable behind a computer, the decision...

Declaration in Defense of Science and Secularism Richard Layton's Discussion Group Report by Bob Lane This month we discussed a document from the Center for Inquiry in Washington DC. The document, titled Declaration in Defense...

View From the End of the World Richard Layton's Discussion Group by Bob Lane The May Discussion Group subject was a lecture given by author Sam Harris titled "View From the End of the World," contained on an audio CD I was given. The...

Kurt Vonnegut 1922 ~ 2007 In Memoriam Kurt Vonnegut American Humanist Association honorary President Kurt Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007 of a head injury suffered in a fall. Vonnegut was a prolific author whose work served...

Impeachment! On July 19, 2007 the Board unanimously voted to support and call for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Chapter Vice President Bob Mayhew explains why: Impeachment is an indispensable part of a system...

President's Message September 23, the Autumnal Equinox, the "official" end of summer. This is a date I am very much looking forward to. With its arrival I am hoping for (much) cooler temperatures and less need to mow lawns and prune trees. This...

What Would I Have to Give Up to Believe in a 6000-year-old Earth? It was indeed a pleasure to be the speaker at our September general meeting. The night was, for me, a sort of show and tell night as I brought along a few handouts, some maps,...

How Moderation in Faith Fosters Fanaticism Richard Layton's Discussion Group by Craig Wilkinson, MD The importance of "How Moderation In Faith Fosters Fanaticism," extracted from Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion , and its message...

Show Me the Science Richard Layton's Discussion Group by Craig Wilkinson In 2005 Daniel Dennett responded to a statement by President Bush about intelligent design with an article in the New York Times . President Bush announced...