Editorials

4

The ‘True Unbeliever’
Plus:
Celebrating Thirty Years
of Free Inquiry

Paul Kurtz

Letters

9

Leading Questions

7

The Secular Humanism
of Star Trek:
A Conversation
with Susan Sackett

Reflections

6

Welcome to Our New Look
and the Council’s 30th
Anniversary Year

Tom Flynn

8

A Look Back

CFI Staff

12

Farewell to Two Black
Humanist Activists

Norm R. Allen Jr.

Op-Ed

11

Above and Beyond

Tom Flynn

13

Keeping America Safe?

Wendy Kaminer

14

Kidneys for Sale?

Peter Singer

15

Irving Kristol and the Radicalization
of American Conservatism

Shadia Drury

16

Paradoxes about Intruding on Nature

Tibor R. Machan

17

Freedom from Free Will

Thomas W. Clark

18

Some of My Best Friends Are Atheists

Katrina Voss

19

Basava Premanand, 1929–2009

Innaiah Narisetti

Features

20

The Fact of Evolution

Richard Dawkins

24

Attitudes of Educated Orthodox
Jews Toward Science
a survey

Alexander Nussbaum

30

Subjection and Escape, Part 2
An American Woman’s
Muslim Journey

Lisa Bauer

36

Environmental Philosophy’s
Challenge to Humanism
Revaluing Cosmopolitan Ethics

Hugh McDonald

Departments

46

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr

47

Great Minds
Emily Dickinson: Pagan Sphinx

Gary Sloan

49

Living Without Religion
Caveat Emptor
The atheist as consumer advocate

S.C. Hitchcock

50

Islam Watch
Notre Dame Conference Probes
the Roots of Islam (Part 1)

Ibn Warraq

52

God on Trial
Cole’s Prayer

Paul Wayne

53

Faith and Reason
Agnosticism Revisited

Neil H. Petrie

55

Humanism and Society
The Quintessential Secular Institution

Frank L. Pasquale

57

Humanism at Large
How to Defend the Ban
on Gay Marriage
Advice for believers

Christian Wright

Reviews

58

Icons of Unbelief: Atheists,
Agnostics, and Secularists
edited by S.T. Joshi

Reviewed by
Edd Doerr

59

Reinventing the Sacred:
A New View of Science,
Reason, and Religion
by Stuart A. Kauffman

Reviewed by
Paul Bassett

61

What Is Man?
And Other Irreverent Essays
by Mark Twain

Reviewed by
William Harwood

63

W.K. Clifford and “The Ethics of Belief”
by Timothy J. Madigan

Reviewed by
Tom Flynn

Poetry

41

Dances of Life, Dances of Death

Joe Nickell

Editorials

4

The Eupraxsophy of Hope

Paul Kurtz

Letters

9

Leading Questions

7

Do the New Atheists Make America More Unscientific?
A Conversation
with Chris Mooney

Reflections

11

Twenty Years of African Americans for Humanism

Tom Flynn

News Beat

12

Council Wins Interim Victory in Church-State Suit

Nathan Bupp

13

Witch Hunter Sues Humanist Activist in Attempt to Quell Criticism

Nathan Bupp

Op-Ed

8

Pull the Plug—on Catholic Charities

Tom Flynn

14

Science and Public Opinion

Wendy Kaminer

15

Walking the Talk

Arthur Caplan

16

Senseless Security

Christopher Hitchens

17

Real Education Reform

Nat Hentoff

18

Inglorious Basters

Katrina Voss

Features

19

Fading Faith

James A. Haught

27

Is the Universe Rational?

Taner Edis

30

Subjection and Escape, Part 3
An American Woman’s
Muslim Journey

Lisa Bauer

37

The Grinch Who Stole Valentine’s Day

Luis Granados

Departments

44

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr

45

Great Minds
Stephen Crane: The Black Badge of Unbelief

Gary Sloan

47

Faith and Reason
Descansos:
Religion and Roadside Memorials

Benjamin Radford

48

It’s Only Natural
What Science Says about
Our Place in Nature

John Shook

50

Living Without Religion
The Regrettable Return
of ‘Nonsectarianism’

Stuart Whatley

51

Islam Watch
Probing the Roots of Islam, Part 2

Ibn Warraq

53

‘FI and Me’ Contest Winners Announced

Reviews

55

Bright-sided: How the Relentless
Promotion of Positive Thinking
Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich

Reviewed by
Matt Marshall

56

Good without God: What a Billion
Nonreligious People Do Believe
by Greg M. Epstein

Reviewed by
Tom Flynn

58

The Family—The Secret
Fundamentalism at the Heart
of American Power
by Jeff Sharlett

Reviewed by
Stuart Jordan

60

36 Arguments for the Existence
of God: A Work of Fiction
by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Reviewed by
Austin Dacey

Poetry

36

The Animals, All the Animals

Philip Appleman

40

Hymn of Praise to the Intelligent Designer

Philip Appleman

Editorials

4

Activist Court Undermines American Democracy

Paul Kurtz

Letters

8

Leading Questions

6

Taking a Stand for the New Atheists
A Conversation
with Victor Stenger

News Beat

11

Council Fights Appeal
of Its Florida Court Victory

Nathan Bupp

Op-Ed

7

Why I don't Believe in the New Atheism

Tom Flynn

12

Hope, Despair, Dread, and Religion

Ronald A. Lindsay

13

Who Says the Nonreligious Don't Give?

Christopher Hitchens

14

Should the State Force-feed Prisoners?

Arthur Caplan

15

Ethics Without God

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek

16

Lessons in Fear

Nat Hentoff

Reflections

17

The Tribulations of an African Humanist

Norm R. Allen Jr.

Features

18

The Humanism of John Dewey

John Shook

20

Freedom

John Dewey

24

Philosophy and the Conduct of Life: Dewey's New Paradigm

James Gouinlock

29

Narrative Naturalism

Judith Walker

33

John Dewey's Spiritual Values

Larry A. Hickman

38

Looking Ahead: Future Prospects for Dewey's Philosophy

Paul Kurtz

Departments

47

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr

48

Faith and Reason
The Vital Spark

Lawrence Rifkin

50

It’s Only Natural
On Defining Naturalism
as a Worldview

Richard Carrier

52

Faith and the Law
Is Hell Illegal? The Implications
of the Warren Jeffs Decision

Chris Edwards

Reviews

54

The Faith Instinct: How Religion
Evolved and Why It Endures
by Nicholas Wade

Reviewed by Ophelia Benson

55

Creation
directed by Jon Amiel

Reviewed by Benjamin Radford

57

Why I became an Atheist
by John W. Loftus

Reviewed by
Tom Flynn

58

W.E.B. Du Bous:
Toward Agnosticism 1868–1934
by Brian L. Johnson

Reviewed by
Norm R. Allen Jr.

59

The Death of Conservatism
by Sam Tanenhaus

Reviewed by
Ed Doerr

Contest Essays

63

"Why I Am Not a..."
Contest Winners Announced

Poetry

28

I Le Jongleur

David Park Musella

59

SPLC Wins $2.5 Million
Verdict against Klans of America

David Park Musella

18

Freethought and Free Speech on Campus

Lauren Becker

19

Is Campus Censorship the New Normal?

Greg Lukianoff and Will Creeley

23

Education for the Future: The Liberating Arts

Paul Kurtz

26

Tales Told Out of School

Trevor Boeckmann

29

The War on Hate

Megan Littlejohn

32

News from the Campuses

Ed Beck, Debbie Goddard, Ben Isserlis, Dan Riley, Justin Trottier

35

Energy and the Human Far Future

Robert P. Burruss

Editorials

4

Expressing One's Views on Religion

Ronald A. Lindsay

6

FREE INQUIRY Founder, Editor in Chief Paul Kurtz Resigns

Leading Questions

7

Defending the Science of Climate Change

A conversation with Michael E. Mann

Letters

11

News Beat

8

Potential Watershed Case Can Now Proceed to Florida Supreme Court

Nathan Bupp

Op-Ed

9

Are Secularists Less Generous?

Tom Flynn

12

Jewbaiter

Christopher Hitchens

13

Only You Can Prevent Genohype

Arthur Caplan

14

Epistemic Closure - Left and Right

Wendy Kaminer

15

Obama v. Our Liberties

Nat Hentoff

16

A Popular Fallacy

Tibor R. Machan

17

Pimping Science's Ride

Katrina Voss

Departments

48

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr

49

Humanism at Large

John A. Frantz

Contest Winners

50

Campaign for Free Expression Essay Winners:
The Importance of Free Expression and Its Limits (if Any)

John A. Frantz

50

T.M. Murray

53

Tauriq Moosa

Reviews

56

50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists

edited by Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk, reviewed by George Zebrowski

62

In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence

by Jon Teehan, reviewed by Hector Avalos

Poetry

34

Dover Reach Revisited

Thomas Andrews

18

Rights, Gay and Otherwise

Tom Flynn

19

Humanism, LGBT Equality, and Human Rights

Ronald A. Lindsay

22

The Case for Civil Unions for All Couples

Alan M. Dershowitz

24

Homosexuality in Africa

Leo Igwe

25

LGBT Rights in Malawi

George Thindwa

28

The Next Level: LGBT Equality in South Africa

Tauriq Moosa

32

The Confessions of Second Timothy

Timothy J. Madigan

34

Humanist 'Leadership' and Me

David Koepsell

37

Spiritual Healing Revisited

Ryan Shaffer

Editorial

4

Secular Humanism Is Emancipatory

Tom Flynn

Leading Questions

7

Of Fright and Freethought

A conversation with S.T. Joshi

News Beat

8

Landmark Case Will Go to Trial/CSH Announces Awards

Nathan Bupp

Letters

11

Op-Eds

9

The Mosque at Ground Zero

Christopher Hitchens

12

Reinventing Christianity

Shadia B. Drury

13

Rethinking Drug and Device Testing

Arthur Caplan

14

Not by Divine Creation

Peter Singer

15

The Marketing of Elena Kagan

Nat Hentoff

16

The Atheist Spot

Tom Rees

Departments

45

Church-State Update

Edd Doerr

46

Great Minds

Tom Flynn

48

Living Without Religion
Decomposing Humanism

Austin Dacey

49

Islam Watch
Historical Methodology and the Believer, Part 2

Ibn Warraq

52

God on Trial
Does God Destroy Our Duty of Compassion?

Stephen Maitzen

54

Humanism and Philsophy
Absurdism Is a Type of Humanism

Stephen J. Gallagher

56

Humanism at Large
They Say 'Merry Christmas'-and You Say...?

James H. Dee

Reviews

58

The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back

by Charles Pellegrino, reviewed by George Zebrowski

61

The Secular Outlook: In Defense of Moral and Political Secularism

by Paul Cliteur, reviewed by Floris van den Berg

63

The Loser Letters: A Cosmic Tale of Life, Death, and Atheism

by Mary Eberstadt, reviewed by Edd Doerr

63

Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity

by S.E. Cupp, reviewed by Edd Doerr

Poetry

8

Humans

by Ted Richer