The so-called “War on Christmas” began a few years ago when Bill O’Reilly of Fox News complained that some retail stores were instructing their employees to greet customers with “happy holidays” rather than “merry Christmas.” The perception of victimhood and persecution by Christians, some of whom insist that America should Read more
By Stephanie Zvan On May 4, U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of Atheists for Human Rights as moot. The suit was filed when a marriage officiant certified by AFHR had their filing of that certificate rejected by Washington County on the basis that atheists Read more
August Berkshire wrote and read this tribute at the memorial for Robert Nienkerk on June 29, 2015. Nature just provided us with a brief rainstorm, so we would all have something that Bob would have appreciated: nice clean cars! In early 1984, Madalyn Murray O’Hair and Jon Murray came to Read more
By James Zimmerman Recently, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, held at Eastern Washington University (near Spokane). My presentation was in the History discipline, and I made an effort to support and attend other History presentations. However, in the listing of presentation Read more
By Mike Haubrich (Reprinted from apexofludicrous.wordpress.com with permission) An acquaintance unfriended me on Facebook a few weeks ago because I had hit the “Like” button for a story in which a cop had been killed by a criminal. He assumed that I had hit the “Like” button because I hate Read more