I am in the process of upgrading my blog software to Moveable Type 3.31 so there may be some glitches or things that don’t work correct.
Wish me luck.
Religious Right lies about Mt. Soledad Cross
I don’t normally cross-post on my blogs but the following post on my Secular Left blog is an important issue to me — dlb
The US Supreme Court, more specifically Justice Anthony Kennedy, issued a stay of a lower federal court ruling that said the Mt. Soledad Easter Cross is unconstitutional and it needed to be removed from the city of San Diego’s property by August 2nd or the city would be fined $5,000 a day. The religious right and the pandering city officials who keep this case alive follow the same pattern the so-called Christians seem to follow – lying, name calling, character assassination, fraud, delays, and contempt of court.
Read he full article here:
Practical Humanism
Just announcing two new essays I wrote for the Central Ohio Humanist have now been posted to my iHumanism website. They deal with the practical application of the Humanist philosophy in one’s every day life.
Practical Ideas About Humanism: First, the Basics — The first in a series about the practical application of Humanism. This essay sets some basic assumptions that will be the back bone of following essays.
Practical Ideas About Humanism: THINK! — The second in a series about the practical application of Humanism. This essay highlights Carl Sagan’s “Baloney Detection Kit” for use by Freethinkers.
Update to Famous Findlayians
I just updated my “Famous Findlayians” page on my website. That is where I list some collected info on famous people who either were born, lived, or worked in my hometown Findlay, Ohio.
A couple of web visitors pointed out a few more people I failed to mention in the first edition. People like C.J. “Pappy” Hart who was one of the “fathers” of the sport of Drag racing and Howard T. Ricketts, who helped isolate the bacteria that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
I also tweaked some of the photos I included on the page and updated some of the text. Looks like I will have to tweak the layout some more later.
Some sad news – “Breakfast Club” principal dies
Paul Gleason has died of lung cancer. He was 67. The actor, who played Principal Richard Vernon in The Breakfast Club in 1985, passed away in a Burbank, California, hospital on Saturday of mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos.
I never knew he was the Principal – I thought he was a teacher stuck babysitting the Saturday detention group. The guy was a big dick (in the movie) – that’s why I always thought he was just a teacher pulling detention duty – like he pissed off the admin and they put him on it. That would be very ironic given the plot of the film.