Contents Of Recent Issues

Winter, 05 - Volume 20, No. 4

• Why Humanism is Important to Today's Political Discourse

• Just War and Jihad in Ithaca

• Ten Years of the Uganda Humanist Association (UHASSO)

• Reli-Trivia

• SUCCESS STORIES

• Antonin Scalia versus Darwin

• SECULAR HUMORIST

• Religion is Everywhere Every Day

• COMEBACKS

• SECULAR CREATIONS

• How the Bible Proves Evolution

• SHB CROSSWORD

Fall, 04 - Volume 20, No. 3

• Bringing Pragmatism, Critical Thinking, and Humanism to Russia

• What is HumanLight?

• AAH Update

• SUCCESS STORIES

• THE SOUTHERN REPORT

• Focus on Your Own Damn Family: Lies the Christian Right Never Tires of Telling

• Absolute Thinking in an Inabsolute World

• CFI–ON CAMPUS 

• SHB CROSSWORD

Summer, 04 - Volume 20, No. 2

• On the Frontlines of the Culture War

• On the Death of Ronald Reagan

• AAH UPDATE 

• Building for the Future

• SUCCESS STORIES

• Gay Marriage, Prayer Day, and the Pledge

• A Day in the Life of the Center for Inquiry

• TALKBACK

• A Journey Towards Humanism

• Come to HUMANICON

• NOTES FROM THE FIELD

• CFI–ON CAMPUS 

• SHB CROSSWORD

Spring, 04 - Volume 20, No. 1

• Council Files Amicus Brief in Pledge Case

• CFI Expansion Plans

• California and Contraception Coverage

• AAH UPDATE 

• From the World’s Rooftop

• Petition for Equality for Secular Soldiers Update

• News of Irreligion in the Bible Belt

• The Many Talents of Gary Tilley

• Religious Discrimination Hits Home

• SHB Winter 2003/04 Puzzle Answers

• Seminars and Celebrations—Humanism in New Jersey

• NOTES FROM THE FIELD

• CFI–ON CAMPUS 

• SHB CROSSWORD

Winter, 03/04 - Volume 19, No. 4

• CSH Goes into Action to Defend Religious Liberty in the South 
• Remarks to the Religious Liberty Rally by Ed Buckner
• What’s So Bad about the Ten Commandments? 
• The Law and Secular Humanism 
• AAH UPDATE 
• Education, Catholic-Style 
• Musings of a Regular ‘Joe’ ''
• A Plea for an Atheist Homeland 
• NOTES FROM THE FIELD 
• CAMPUS INQUIRER 
• SHB CROSSWORD 

Fall, 03 - Volume 19, No. 3

• Summer at the Center for Inquiry-International
• SOS Sees Success
• Center for Inquiry-West Grand Opening
• CFI-INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Humanism Abhors a Vacuum
• CSH UPDATE - African Americans for Humanism
• CSH Welcomes New Executive Director
• MY VIEW - Theocratic Discontents
• Humanlight: Celebrating Humanism
• CAMPUS INQUIRER - President's Letter
• SECULAR HUMORIST - Rapture: A Critical Social Issue

Summer, 03 - Volume 19, No. 2

Ending Discrimination Against the Nonreligious in the Military
'There Are No Atheists in Foxholes' and Other Ridiculous Canards
CSH UPDATE
AAH UPDATE
MEDIA REPORT
Building Transnational Programs
Nigeria's Educational System Needs Freethought
2003 International Humanist Youth Conference
Slippery Slopes and Reasonable Life Choices
SHB Editor Retiring—But Not to Worry
CAMPUS INQUIRER
TALKBACK
SECULAR HUMORIST

Spring, 03 - Volume 19, No. 1

• Hundreds Attend Opening of New CFI Office at Rockefeller Center
• CFI-Florida Holds First Conference
• Success in Speaking Up
• Colorado Students Take on Hate-Monters
• 'Infidel Guy' Relocates
• CFI-Institute Summer Session 2003
• SECULAR WORLD
• Science and Religion
• MY VIEW
• Secular Humanism and Political Orientation
• FIELD NOTES
• CAMPUS INQUIRER
• TALK BACK
• SECULAR HUMORIST

Winter, 02/03 - Volume 18, No. 4

• Godless Americans March a Success!
• Godless Americans March Photo Gallery
• Ed Buckner's Address to the March
• Secular Memorials Mark the Anniversary of 9/11
• Winners from the 'Back at Ya' Contest
• HUMANIST NEWS
• Dem Bones!
• MEDIA WATCH
• Does it Make Sense to be an Atheist?
• FIELD NOTES
• CAMPUS INQUIRER
• TALKBACK

Fall, 02 - Volume 18, No. 3

• First Center for Inquiry Summer School a Success
• Center for Inquiry Institute at a Glance
• NEWS FROM THE AAH FRONT 
• IN THE NEWS
• A Sample Child-Welcoming Ceremony
• The Advance Directive: A Humanist's Last Stand
• Miracles! or Miracles?
• Is Same-Sex Marriage Good for the Nation? 
• Council 2003 Conference 
• Researchers Flock to CFI Libraries 
• Network of Independent Humanists and Freethought Societies
• The Afterlife of Words
• The First 'Back At Ya' Contest
• A New Paradigm

Summer, 02 - Volume 18, No. 2

• CFI-West Rolling! - Ed Buckner
• CFI-Metro New York Hosts Black History Seminar - Norm Allen, Jr.
• Bad Faith - Peter Beinart
• Council Board Report - Ed Buckner
• CSH Policy on Coalitions
• Humanist Resource List - Joe Beck
• The Council for Secular Humanism and the Press - Katherine Bourdonnay
• Center for Inquiry Institute Summer Session 2002
• How Hidden Agendas Erode Public Education - Mary Ellen Sikes
• Sex Scandal Continues in the Catholic Church - Katherine Bourdonnay
• Talkback/Backtalk
• Notes from the Field - DJ Grothe
• How the Santa Barbara Humanists Grew - James B. Kimberly

Spring, 02 - Volume 18, No. 1

• 200 Years and Counting - Ed Buckner
•  Speech! Speech! (and more) - Ed Buckner
• AAH, Ethiopian Humanists Lead California Events
• Center for Inquiry Summer School - DJ Grothe
• Thanks for Your Help! - Ed Buckner
• Notes from the Field - DJ Grothe
• Food for Thought - Reasoning Together - S. Matthew D'Agostino
• NYC Atheists Join September 11 Tributes - Joshua L. Karpf
• 9/11: A Contrary View - Benjamin Radford

Winter, 01/02 - Volume 17, No. 4

• September 11 - Ed Buckner
• Atheists Cry Also - Frank Greene
• Media Mostly Mum - Katherine Bourdonnay
• God, Country Gain Fragile New Toehold - Kathleen Parker
• Progress in Development - Arthur Urrows
• Reaching Out Through The Web - Andrea Slalanski
• TV Studio Goes Online at Center for Inquiry - Tom Flynn
• Historic Nigeria Conference a Success - Norm R. Allen, Jr.
• Humanism in Action - Austin Dacey and DJ Grothe
• CFI "Science and Religion" 2001 Conference at a Glance
• Talkback/Backtalk
• Coalition for the Community of Reason - Herb Silverman

Fall, 01 - Volume 17, No. 3

• CSH Opposes Faith-Based Initiatives at Washington Press Conference
• CSH Issues Press Release Opposing Bush' Policy on Stem Cell Research - Katherine Bourdonnay
• Sixty Attend 'Mormon Origins' Conference, Rain-Soaked Pageant - Tom Flynn
• SHB Readers Respond to Survey
• CSH Welcomes New Staffers
• Evangelical Christian Book Mounts Major Attack on Secular Humanism - Arthur Urrows
• Center for Inquiry Conference
• Secular World
• Remembering Carol Faulkenberry
• Christianity: The Sucker's Game - Eric Sparling
• Freethought in History - Red Jacket: A Native Freethinker
• Talkback
• ASHS Groups
• Nigerian Humanist Conference

Summer, 01 - Volume 17, No. 2

• If Pat Robertson Is Against It, Must We Be For It? - Ed Buckner
• SHB Survey
• Atlanta 2001 Conference
• Secular World
• Summer Institute at CFI and Secular Celebrant Training
• First International African Humanist Conference to be Held in Nigeria
• CSH Update 
  • New Technologies at the Center for Inquiry - Timothy Binga
  • Campus Freethought Alliance News - Austin Dacey
  • Meet the CSH Board - Arthur Urrows
• Reasons - Barry F. Seidman
• Happy Heretic A Freethinker's Farewell - Judith Hayes
• Support for Local Groups CSH Will Be There for your Local Group - Ed Buckner
• Humanist News Local CSH Groups now Eligible for Tax-Deductible Support - Ed Buckner
• ASHS Groups
• Life Stance at a Glance  A Tongue-in-Cheek Proposal - Raymond Nelson

Spring, 01 - Volume 17, No. 1

Personally Speaking
Major Expansion Plans for the Center for Inquiry-West - Paul Kurtz
Exciting Plans for New New York City/New Jersey Center Launched -  Paul Kurtz
Prospects for Humanism under George W. Bush - Paul Kurtz
SOS 2001: Recovery without Religion -  James Christopher
Campus Freethought Alliance News - Austin Dacey
Humanist News
Kurtz Profiled in NY Times 
Council for Secular Humanism Staff
Will Thy Will Be Done on Earth? - Joe Beck
Arts & Culture
Scream - James A. Haught
Scaling the Wall with the Virginia ACLU - Mary Ellen Sikes
ASHS Roundup
Is There Wellness in Heaven - Donald B. Ardell

Winter, 00 - Volume 16, No. 4

• The Continuing Growth of  Our Movement - Paul Kurtz
• Associate Membership Drive
• The Common Moral Decencies - Paul Kurtz
• The CFI Centers Beehives of Activities - Andrea Szalanski
• Meet the Staff of the Council for Secular Humanism at the Center for Inquiry
• The Happy Heretic -- Peace on Earth - Judith Hayes 
• ASHS Groups 
• Humanist Television - Joe Beck
• Meeting Humanist Needs - Joe Beck
• Family Matters
• Impact  - Gerald A. Larue
• Superhumanism - Robert M. Price
• Supporting Siblings of Special-Needs Kids - Bruce Epstein, M.D.
• Crithink - Joseph F. Bohren, Ph.D.
• Dealing with the Reality of Christmas - Joe Beck
• People and Animals - Diana Brown

Fall, 00 - Volume 16, No. 3

• Supreme Court Rejects Some School Prayer - Vincent Lloyd
• World-Class Speakers Highlight FI's L.A. Conference -  Tom Flynn
• The Happy Heretic -- Islam's Captive Women -  Judith Hayes
• Secular World -- Supreme Court Endorses Discrimination
• Report Discrimination Against Unbelievers to the United Nations
• Religion and the Mouths of Babes - Mary Ellen Sikes
• Humanist News
• Secular Humorist
• ASHS Roundup
• Student Freethinkers Hold Conference

Summer, 00 - Volume 16, No. 2

• Columbine Report to Vindicate Nonbelievers - Andrea Szalanski
• Center for Inquiry 'Hits the Road' - Tom Flynn
• Atheism and Freethought in the U.S. Military - Rick Clark
• Secular World — Nonreligious Have Least Divorces - Matt Cherry
• Sins of the Past - Judith Hayes
• Humanist News
• ASHS Roundup
• Biblical Teachings and the Tragedy in Uganda - Norm Allen
• Giordano Bruno 1600-2000 - Roy Brown
• Secular Humorist
• Campus Freethought Alliance News - Austin Dacey
• Muslim Law Causes Rioting in Nigeria - Leo Igwe

Spring, 00 - Volume 16, No. 1

• Humanists Stress Optimism at Anniversary Conference - Norm Allen
• Nonreligious Now America's Second Largest Life Stance Group - Tom Flynn
• What Passes for Comfort - Mary Ellen Sikes
• Secular World — A Nation Divided: Israel Torn Over Jewish Identity - Matt Cherry
• Defending Catholics - Gerry Dantone
• Ways and Means - Students and Heritage - Anthony Battaglia
• Humanist News
• ASHS Roundup
• Class of 1999: Student Freethought Graduates - Austin Dacey
• Twentieth Anniversary Conference
• ASHS Groups
• Star Columnists Join Free Inquiry

Winter, 99/00 - Volume 15, Number 4

• New Humanist Manifesto 2000 Looks to the Next Century - Deidre C. Conn
• Secular World — Suit Targets School Holiday Closings - Tom Flynn
• Center for Inquiry Institute
• Humanist News
• The Right to Solidarity - Fred Peters
• Arts and Culture — The Irreverent Monty Python - Amanda Chesworth
• Secular Humorist
• Twentieth Anniversary Conference
• Talkback
• Local Groups
• Centers for Inquiry

Fall, 99 - Volume 15, Number 3

• Decision for Boy Scouts Setback for Humanists - Margaret Downey
• Church-State Separation Comes to Canada
• Secular World - Religion to Mix with Science in Idaho School District - Gary L. Bennett
• ASHS Roundup
• Christian Apologies Empty and Hollow - J.E. Hill
• Arts and Culture
• On Campus
• Chicago Conference Tapes
• Secular Humorist
• Talkback
• Local Groups
• Centers for Inquiry

Summer, 99 - Volume 15, Number 2

• Center for Inquiry West Reenergized, Reopens - Matt Cherry
• Paul Kurtz and Jan Eisler Take International Honors
• Secular World — The Lyons Phenomenon - Norm R. Allen, Jr.
• Humanist News — Humanist Mentoring Network Launched - Andrea Szalanski
• ASHS Roundup
• A Weekly Dose of Freethought - John Patrick Murphy
• Knowledge of the Natural World - John Patrick Michael Murphy
• Ways and Means — Investing in Future Humanist Leaders - Anthony Battaglia
• Secular Humorist
• Culture and the Arts — Humanism in the Final Frontier -  Deidre C. Conn
• Talkback

Spring, 99 - Volume 15, Number 1

• Student Battles for Secularism in Hostile High School - Micah White
• Secular World
• Secular Humanism Southern Style - Mary Ellen Sikes
• Humanist News
• ASHS Roundup
• The Human Factor - Jo Ann Mooney
• Culture and the Arts — Marilyn Manson, the Rebellious Teen, and Other Irrational Fears - Deidre Conn
• Humanist Roadshows Visit Major Cities - Tom Flynn
• Chicago Conference
• TalkBack
• Local Groups
• New Humanist Services Center 
• Freethought Goes to School
• Y2K-Don't Yield to Kooks - James Haught

Winter, 98/99 - Volume 14, Number 4

• Humanist Hides for Her Life
• Religious Right Tightens Grip
• Religion vs. Freedom: Fighting for the Soul of the Party — Matt Cherry
• Rushdie's Off-Again, On-Again Fatwa
• Secular World — Matt Cherry
• The Human Factor — Molleen Matsumura
• Humanist News
• Ways and Means — Anthony Battaglia
• Jehovah's Juvenile Witness — Judith Hayes
• Secular Humorist — God's Total Quality Management Survey
• TalkBack
• 1999 Conference Attracts Stars and Families

Fall, 98 - Volume 14, Number 3

• Students Fight for the Right to Unbelief
• The Islamic Bomb — Ibn Warraq
• CFA Prepares for Pivotal Year — Chris Mooney
• Indian Humanists Protest Nuclear Tests — Matt Cherry
• Secular World — Deidre Conn
• Bill of Rights for Unbelievers
• African Americans for Humanism — Norm R. Allen, Jr.
• Humanist News
• The Human Factor — Deidre Conn
• Secular Humorist — Top 10 Best Things About Hell
• Ways and Means — Fund for the Future Fuels Program Growth — Anthony Battaglia
• 1999 National Conference to Be Held in Chicago

Summer, 98 - Volume 14, Number 2

• New Support for Local Groups
• Voucher Battle Heats Up
• Secular World — Matt Cherry
• Interview with Jo Ann Mooney — Matt Cherry
• What Is the Role of Democracy in the Secular Humanist Movement? — Paul Kurtz
• The Human Factor — Molleen Matsumura
• Comment — School Vouchers - Yesterday, Today, and Forever — John M. Suarez
• Freethought in the Religion Pages — Pat Kelley
• Humanist News
• ASHS Roundup
• TalkBack
• Secular Humorist — Jehovah in New Sex Scandal
• Campus Freethought Alliance News — David J. Schummer

Spring, 98 - Volume 14, Number 1

• Boy Scouts of America in Trouble over Religious Discrimination
• New Humanist Journal Launched
• Humanist News
• Honoring a Freethought Pioneer
• Separation Battles in Alabama — Adam Butler
• The Humanist Touch — Judith Hayes
• Culture and the Arts — Did Carl Sagan Flinch? — Kenneth Marsalek
• Secular World — Matt Cherry
• Gay and Lesbian Humanist Network — Harley Brown
• Secular Humorist
  • The Difference Between Dogs and Cats
  • Jesus Died for My Sums

Winter, 97/98 - Volume 13, Number 4

• Robertson Caught Admitting Political Goals — Matt Cherry
• Secular World — Matt Cherry
• The Human Factor — Molleen Matsumura
• Head to Head
  • The Threat of the Promise Keepers — John M. Suarez
  • Decoding the Promise Keepers — Edmund D. Cohen
• Humanist News
• Camp Quest: It's Beyond Belief — Edwin Kagin & Helen Kagin
• Ways & Means — One Percent is Not a Solution — Anthony Battaglia
• Secular Humorist — Honk If You Love Jesus
• New Secularist Initiative for Islam — Ibn Warraq

Fall, 97 - Volume 13, Number 3

• Secular Humanist News
• From the Editor — The Need to Build — Matt Cherry
• Science and Religion — Scholars Blast The Bible Code — Hector Avalos
• Culture and the Arts — The Shared Goals of Art and Freethought — Deidre Conn
• The Next Generation: CFA Conference Reports
• Recipe for Campus Humanism — Mary Ellen Sikes
• The Human Factor — Molleen Matsumura
• A Helping Hand for Secular Families — Matt Cherry
• Secular Family News — Jan Loeb Eisler
• Talkback

Summer, 97 - Volume 13, Number 2

• Secular Humanist News
• The Madman's Speech — Alabama Song — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Love Thy Sister — Farrell Till
• Advocatus Diaboli — Replacing Our Last Cottage Industry — Tom Flynn
• An Appropriate Carl Sagan Memorial - In a Church — Warren Allen Smith
• Comment — Supernatural Selection — Kenneth Marsalek
• Letters
• Secular Humorist — Vince Sabio
• Comment — Where Were You Before You Were You? — Judith Hayes

Spring, 97 - Volume 13, Number 1

• Secular Humanist News
• The Madman's Speech — Suffer The Little Children — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Scooping And Copping — Farrell Till
• Advocatus Diaboli — If You Want Something Done Right ... — Tom Flynn
• Secular Humorist — Tom Flynn
• Executive Director's Corner — I Have Seen The Future And It Surfs — Matt Cherry
• Letters
• Comment — Military Atheists? — Jeffery Jay Lowder

Winter, 96/97 - Volume 12, Number 4

• Secular Humanist News
• The Madman's Speech — The Next Generation — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Great Balls Of Fire! — Farrell Till
• Advocatus Diaboli — A Call For Preservation — Tom Flynn
• Secular Humorist — Tom Flynn
• Executive Director's Corner — Death And The Humanist — Matt Cherry
• Letters
• Beyond Reaction — The Human In Secular Humanism — Molleen Matsumura
• Comment — Creationist "Theme Park" Threatens in Kentucky — Edwin Kagin

Fall, 96 - Volume 12, Number 3

• Secular Humanist News
• The Madman's Speech — Tower Of Babble — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Talk To The Animals — Farrell Till
• Advocatus Diaboli — Why Pull Our Punches? — Tom Flynn
• Secular Humorist — Tom Flynn
• Executive Director's Corner — Celebrating Lemon — Matt Cherry
• Letters
• Comment — To Bash Or Not To Bash: The Debate Secular Humanists Do Not Need — Edward Tabash
• Beyond Reaction — On Non-Issues, Honesty, And Making A Commitment — Molleen Matsumura

Summer, 96 - Volume 12, Number 2

• The Madman's Speech — To Bash Or Not To Bash — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Ouch! — Farrell Till
• Advocatus Diaboli — Happy Campers — Tom Flynn
• CODESH Chronicle
• Secular Humorist — Tom Flynn

Spring, 96 - Volume 12, Number 1

• The Madman's Speech — "To Life" — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Child Abuse Yahweh's Way — Farrell Till
• Comment — Clinton, Church, State, and Everything — Molleen Matsumura
• Kagin's Column — On Miracles and Microchips: A Cautionary Tale — Ed Kagin
• Secular Humorist — Tom Flynn
• Advocatus Diaboli — Legitimize Bastardy! — Tom Flynn
• Special Section: Does SHB Play Too Rough?
  • SHB: A Threat to Humanism? — Ken Marsalek and Don Evans
  • In Defense of Religion Bashing — Norm R. Allen, Jr.

Winter, 95/96 - Volume 11, Number 4

• The Madman's Speech — Mad Again — Tim Madigan
• Journeys To The Twilight Zone — Pioneers Of Loophole Religion — Farrell Till
• Comment — In Defense Of Clinton — Edward Tabash
• Comment — The Test — Nada Mangialetti
• Advocatus Diaboli — Requiem For A Juggernaut — Tom Flynn
• Secular Humorist — Tom Flynn
• Executive Director's Corner — The Challenge And The Opportunity — Matt Cherry
• Comment — Unbashing "Bashing" — Susan Presby Kodish

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