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Editor: Thomas W. Flynn
Associate Editors: Norm R. Allen Jr., Nathan Bupp, D.J. Grothe, John R. Shook
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Columnists: Arthur Caplan, Richard Dawkins, Shadia B. Drury, Nat Hentoff, Christopher Hitchens, Wendy Kaminer, Tibor R. Machan, Peter Singer, Katrina Voss
Senior Editors: Bill Cooke, Richard Dawkins, Martin Gardner, James A. Haught, Jim Herrick, Gerald A. Larue, Ronald A. Lindsay, Taslima Nasrin
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Literary Editor: David Park Musella
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Chair: Richard K. Schroeder
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Executive Director: Thomas W. Flynn
Director, Campus and Community Programs (CFI): Lauren Becker
Director, Secular Organization for Sobriety: Jim Christopher
Director, African Americans for Humanism: Norm R. Allen Jr.
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