2010 Newsletters

State of Affairs Our annual business meeting and banquet was a great success. About 30 people attended and enjoyed good food, conversation, and comments from members Flo Wineriter and Earl Wunderli (his almost-annual poem is published in this...

In Defense of Blasphemy Richard Layton's Discussion Group Report by Craig Wilkinson , MD Tauriq Moosa is an ex-Muslim who has a web site on which he "Defends Reason and Promotes Beauty without a God." He is a contributing editor for...

C-Cubed: Gender Equality, Torturing, and Religion What a strange surprise: our community conversations revealed a bonus nugget truism (see the title)! For February we were talking about human rights, specifically torture, gender equality,...

Richard Layton 11/26/1927 ~ 3/13/2010 Richard Layton, who was born on November 26, 1927, died on March 13, 2010. He played a significant role in Humanists of Utah; he organized and ran our Discussion Group  from May of 1995 until...

C-Cubed: Book Recommendations We have some great recommendations from fellow humanists this month. My to-read list has definitely grown. By the way, Wayne is graciously offering to print book reviews in the newsletter for anyone willing to submit...

C-Cubed: Utah Humanists vs. A Seceding State The results of our poll on who will be staying in the hypothetical case of Utah seceding from the federally governed nation: 4 are outta here (29%) 1 feels it will probably have no effect...

C-Cubed: Utah Humanists Guest Speakers Humanist Guest Speakers Take a look at our wish list for Humanists of Utah guest speakers: Jesus: Surveying Christianity around the world with a 'Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they...

C-Cubed: Ode to Summer We humanists really know how to enjoy summer, here are responses to my question about favorite summer activities: Skinny dipping in the Great Salt Lake; second only to a passionate sexual encounter with my partner....

C-Cubed: Utah Humanists Love Science Utah Humanists reported their science favorites in the areas of: anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, cosmology, environmental science, evolutionary science, genetics, geology, neuroscience, paleontology,...

C-Cubed: Discussion Group Changes? We only had a few comments/opinions about our second meeting of the month and its format. The board will take the comments we did get and continue discussions on how best to serve our community. Most agreed...

C-Cubed: Celebrating the Winter Solstice What will you do to celebrate the coming Winter Solstice? We tend to eat great quantities of food, decorate a fir tree, drink some adult beverages and exchange gifts, you know, have a kind of Potlatch....