2008 Newsletters
January 2008
A Humanist Ho, Ho, Ho!
'Tis the season to be jolly, and drink some hot cocoa,And snuggle up before the fire and watch the glistening snow.
Our wreaths are hung, our lights are lit, our houses are aglow,And children all are listening to hear...
February 2008
Why Men Believe
Richard Layton's Discussion Group Report
by Craig Wilkinson, MD
E. Haldeman-Julius was born in Philadelphia in 1889 and died in 1951. He owned a publishing company which published more than 2,200 "Little Blue Books."...
March 2008
What Would Darwin Do?
Richard Layton's Discussion Group
by Craig Wilkinson, MD
David N. Campbell is a retired university professor. He is founder and past president of the Center for Inquiry Community of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently,...
April 2008
Toward a Humanist Foreign Policy
Richard Layton's Discussion Group
by Craig Wilkinson, MD
Carl Coon is the Vice President of the American Humanist Association and a former ambassador to Nepal. In this article he outlines what he feels...
May 2008
The Post Theological Umbrella
Richard Layton's Discussion Group
by Craig Wilkinson, MD
David Niose is a lawyer in Massachusetts. He is a board member and the treasurer of the American Humanist Association and facilitator of Greater...
June 2008
Patient Focused Health Care Reform
Many options to reform healthcare are being offered, e.g. employer and individual mandates, expanding prevention programs, chronic disease management, pay-for-performance, state high-risk pools, primary care...
July 2008
Society Must Protect Its Children
A recent study by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that at least one in four teenage girls in the US has a sexually transmitted disease. Utah is reported to have the fourth highest Chlamydia...
August 2008
Bylaw Changes
The Board has proposed some modifications to our chapter bylaws. The simplest are mostly housekeeping items that update the document to recognize the electronic aspects of our chapter. Section IV. 7 adds a Webmaster to the list...
September 2008
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was one of the intellectual heroes--one of the men to whom we are indebted. His name is associated forever with the Great Republic; as long as free government exists he will be remembered, admired and honored.
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November 2008
Your Inner Fish
Richard Layton's Discussion Group
by Craig Wilkinson, MD
Dr. Neil Shubin is a paleontologist and teaches comparative anatomy at the University of Chicago. He recently discovered a fossil that bridged the evolutionary...
December 2008
Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
November's general meeting found a young, enthusiastic speaker, Danielle Endres, PhD, educating us about Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (UCAN). A relatively new non-profit organization, UCAN...