By George Kane I am quite aware that most members of Minnesota Atheists regularly vote for Democratic Party candidates. It is obvious from chatting at our social events that most of you saw the November elections as a downer. Republicans took control of the House, erased the Democrats’ super-majority in Read more
By Grant Hermanson Steve Landesberg , best known for his role as police detective Arthur Dietrich on the TV sitcom Barney Miller, has died of cancer. Steve played what might have been the first openly atheist character on TV (who wasn’t some kind of villain). Upon learning that Dietrich was Read more
By George Kane Tom Flynn, the Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism, provided the educational presentation at our November 21st public meeting at the Ridgedale Library. He spoke on the problems that the Christmas celebration presents to atheists, a topic with which he has been identified since the Read more
By Eric Jayne When people take time to remember the events of 2010 they’ll probably think back to the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days before being rescued; or they might remember the horrific earthquake in Haiti that killed over 200,000 people. Perhaps they’ll remember the signing Read more
By August Berkshire There are many Ten Commandments monuments on public property throughout the United States. They are often found on the lawns outside courthouses, city halls, state capitols, and in public parks. Many of these monuments were erected from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s by the Fraternal Order of Read more