Index by Subject - January 1999 to Present

Academic Freedom – Alternative Medicine – American History, Democracy, & Civil Religion – Anti-Science & Pseudo-Science – Atheism – Belief, Faith, Myths, Prayer, Miracles, Superstition – Bible & Anti-Bible – Capitalism & Anti-Capitalism – Catholic Church Messes/Pedophilia – Christianity Beliefs & Practices – Christian Right & Fundamentalism In General – Churches, Organized Religion – Church-State Separation – Civil Rights/Minority Rights – Cloning, Stem Cells, Genetic Modification – Creationism & "Intelligent Design" – Cults, New-Agers – Darwin & Evolution – Ecology & Environment – Ethics & Morality – ETs, SETI, UFOs, The Paranormal – Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide – Free Speech, First Amendment – Free Will & Determinism – God – Hate Crimes, Hate Groups – History, World/Western – Homosexuality – Humanism, Skepticism, Rationality – Humor – Immortality-Mortality, Afterlife, Heaven & Hell, Reincarnation – Islam, Terrorism, War – Language – Lectures, Talks, Meetings – Media – Origins-Universe, Life – Personal Experience – Philosophy – Political Correctness – Politics – Population, Over-Population – Pro-Choice, Pro-Life – Profiles, Eulogies – Psychiatry – Race – Reviews: Books, Theater, Films, TV, Art – Science vs. Religion/Faith – SHSNY – SHSNY Book Club – Sex – Ten Commandments

Note: (R) indicates a reprinted article, not original in PIQUE.

Academic Freedom (top)

• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Academic Freedom, Creationism, And The Meaning Of Democracy —11/99
• Jefferson, Thomas (R): The Religious And Academic Scenes in 1822 —1/00
• McNeil, Douglas (R): Don't Help Creationists —5/00
• Futrell, Mynga and Geisert, Paul (reported by John Arents): Teaching About Religion In Public Schools —8/02

Alternative Medicine (top)

• Schissel, Chic, Dr. (R): Is Alternative Medicine Really Religion? —2/04
• Rafferty, John: The Consolation of Imaginary Things —2/04
• Unsigned: You Have a Sore Throat, and É —2/04
• Shermer, Michael (R): What's the Harm? —2/04
• Harris, Arthur: Alternative Healing: A Positive Attitude —4/04
• Schissel, Dr. Chic: Long Life to Art Harris —4/04
• Swartzberg, John, M.D. (R): The Power of Stories —5/04
• Hillman, John W. (R): Alternative Medicine Belongs In Our Free Market —7/04
• Schissel, Chic: (reply to Hillman) —7/04
• Twain, Mark (filler): Power of imagination to heal or make sick —7/04
• Dunn, Russell: Biomagnets: An Exercise of Faith? —7/04
• Schissel, Dr. Chic: Is Absence of Evidence Evidence of Absence? —10/04

American History, Democracy, & Civil Religion (top)

• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Academic Freedom, Creationism, And The Meaning Of Democracy —11/99
• Jefferson, Thomas (R): The Religious And Academic Scenes in 1822 —1/00
• Buckner, Ed: It's A Free Country — Not A Christian Nation —8/00
• Washington, George; (except from letter on "religious animosities") —11/00
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): Civil Religion Fuels Anti-Atheist Bigotry —1/01
• Rafferty, John: On Secular Sacred Pictures —1/01
• Adams, John (R): (quote on U.S.A. founded on "principles of nature") —1/01
• Riggens, Thomas: (letter re Rafferty, 1/01) —3/01
• Greenfield, Jack: (note re Rafferty, 1/01) —3/01
• Greenfield, Jack: (letter re Riggins letter 3/01 re Rafferty 1/01) —4/01
• (Arents, John): Two Presidents (Madison & G.W. Bush) On Faith-Based Charities —4/01
• Henick, Alfred: (letter re Riggins letter 3/01) —5/01
• Katz, Bernard (R): Do Americans Have A "Civil Religion"? —6/01
• Arisian, Khoren (R): Another Day Of Infamy: Waking Up To A Changed America —2/02
• Harris, Arthur: (comment on Arisian, same issue) —2/02
• Williamson, James W., M.D. (R): Sanctified Terror — American Variety —2/02
• Rafferty, John: (response to Levey, same issue) —4/02
• Gitlin, Todd (R): (added-on to Levey, same issue) —4/02
• Rafferty, John: Who Gets The Irony Cross For Achievement In American History? —11/02
• Unsigned: Presidents Day Messages From The Presidents —2/03
• Abrams, Sol: Religious Tradition and the Man-Made Biblical God—3/03
• Moyers, Bill (R): Patriotism And The Flag —4/03
• Unsigned: Thomas Jefferson: April 13, 1743 — July 4, 1826 —4/03
• Jefferson, Thomas (R): On Independence Day (plus McCullough on John Adams' death) —7/03
• Packer, George (R): (filler re Hitchens on American revolution) —7/03
• Schissel, Marvin J. Humanism and Flag-Waving —9/03
• Rafferty, John: Celebrate Columbus Day! —10/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Ignoble Savage —10/03
• Unsigned: October 12 is Freethought Day —10/03
• Arents, John: Bulletin from the Nation's Capital —11/03
• Rafferty, John: Death Penalty Logic —11/03
• Abrams, Sol: Judging Past Villains by Today's Standards —11/03
• Rafferty, John: Thanks to É Whom? —11/03
• Jacoby, Susan (R): One Nation, Under Secularism —2/04
• Chase, Caleb (R): A Neat One-Paragraph History of Christianity in America —4/04
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Liberal Vs. Illiberal Democracy —6/04
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (filler): "bulwark of liberty É strong people" —6/04
• Harris, Arthur: Who Cares If Kerry Takes Communion? We Should. —6/04
• Rafferty, John: Celebrate Freethought Day October 12 —10/04

Anti-Science & Pseudo-Science (top)

• Anon (Center for Renewal of Science & Culture) (R): A Message From The Other Side —5/99
• Pecker, Jean-Claude: What Has To Be Done? —5/00
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): The Place Of Science —11/00
• Struble, Chris (R): Outside The Box: The Limits Of "Black Box" Approaches To Human Knowledge —11/00
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Fall Of Communism And The Rise of Superstition In China —12/00
• Dawkins, Richard (R): Is Nature Always Good? —12/00
• Greenfield, Jack: Is There A Spirit World? —2/01
• Rafferty, John: Good News And Bad News —9/01
• Steiner, Alexander, M.D. (add-on to Edamaruku, same issue) —3/02
• Ahmed Khan, Zaved: Indian Government Promotes Irrationalism —5/02
• Nehru, Jawaharlal (R): (add-on to Ahmed Khan, same issue) —5/02
• Einstein, Albert (R): (add-on to Ahmed Khan, same issue) —5/02
• Anon (New Scientist) (R): Paranormal Beliefs Linked To Brain Chemistry —9/02
• Bennett, Frances (R): ("capturing spirit orbs" filler) —9/02
• Gish, Duane (R): (God's creation "processes" now hidden filler) —2/03
• Park, Robert L. (R): The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science —4/03
• Mogel, Karl J. (R): The "Open Mind" —4/03
• Rowell, George: An Evening of Real X-Files —11/03
• Harris, Art: An Encounter —1/04
• Rance, Hugh: Reflections In an Appalled Eye —2/04
• Sagan, Carl (filler): "É prescription for disaster" —2/04
• Dickinson, Emily: (filler) faith/microscopes/emergency —2/04
• Swartzberg, John, M.D. (R): The Power of Stories —5/04
• Unsigned: It's Only Weird If Liberals Do It —6/04
• Rafferty, John: Prayer Scam —7/04
• Dunn, Russell: Biomagnets: An Exercise of Faith? —7/04
• Schissel, Dr. Chic: Is Absence of Evidence Evidence of Absence? —10/04
• Rafferty, John: "Is God In Our Genes?a" Yes, If It Sells Magazines —11/04
• Zimmer, Carl (R): "Is God In Our Genes?" Probably Not, Certainly Not Proved —11/04
• Harris, Art: "Is God In Our Genes?" No, and Don't Be Ludicrous —11/04

Atheism (top)

• Barefield, Thomas (R): Around In Circles —6/99
• Hyman, Larry (R): From Atheism To Humanism —6/99
• Greenfield, Jack: (letter re Hyman 6/99) —8/99
• Rafferty, John: An Atheist's Christmas, 1999 —12/99
• Harris, Arthur: (comment on Rafferty, same issue) —12/99
• Barrier, Ronald: The Garlic Necklace —12/99
• Young, James A. (R): Arguments From Theistic Agendas —1/00
• Thompson, Howard: The Evolving Atheist: Embracing Our Materiality —2/00
• Creasy, William (R): Gabor Levy's Farewell —2/00
• Greenfield, Jack: An Atheist's Creed —3/00
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): The Question Of Atheism —3/00
• Bernstein, Andrew (R): Religion And Capitalism —4/00
• Morem, Sally (R): Free Universe, Free Societies, Free Minds (response to Bernstein, same issue —4/00
• Rowell, George: Save Humanism From Such Allies (response to Bernstein and Morem, same issue) —4/00
• Dunn, Russell: Down A One-Way Street —5/00
• Alexander, Aaron: (letter re Bernstein, Morem in 4/00) —6/00
• Bailey, Keith: (letter re Rowell in 4/00) —6/00
• Stockton, Eric (R): The Fall And Salvation —6/00
• Kluepfel, Charles: (letter re Bailey in 6/00) —8/00
• Struble, Chris: (letter re Rowell, 4/00, and Bailey, 6/00) —8/00
• Katz, Bernie (R): The Benefits Of Materialism —8/00
• Riggins, Thomas; (letter re Kluepfel and Struble letters, 8/00) —10/00
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): Civil Religion Fuels Anti-Atheist Bigotry —1/01
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Today's Scapegoats —3/01
• Dunn, Russell: You're Believing? I'll Be Leaving —5/01
• Walker, Kim (R): Atheism In The Third Millennium —8/01
• Friedberg, Barbara: Religion In A Free-Thinking Home —9/01
• Purinton, Jeffrey S. (R): Our Religious Revival —9/01
• Berres, Mike vs Castle, Maria Alena (R): Groveling For Jesus —9/01
• Castle, Maria Alena vs Berres, Mike (R): Groveling For Jesus —9/01
• Anon (R): Who's Who In Freethought —11/01
• Parker, Kathleen (R): God, Country, Gain Fragile Toehold —12/01
• Rafferty, John: ("irony" response to Parker, same issue) —12/01
• Buckner, Ed: (response to Parker, same issue) —12/01
• Sartwell, Crispin (R): How Can Anyone Possibly Believe In God? —3/02
• Rance, Hugh: A Lesson —3/02
• Harris, Arthur: An Exchange On God —5/02
• Friedberg, Barbara: Religion In A Free-Thinking Home: 2 —9/02
• Traficant, James (R): ("godless scientists can't find toilet" filler) —9/02
• Chuman, Joseph (R): Judgment On Atheists, Agnostics, And Humanists, Now And Then —9/02
• D., Jane: Alcoholics Anonymous For Non-Believers —2/03
• Salisbury, Lee (R): Can We Know God? Which God? (with pic) —7/03
• Rafferty, John: How Bright Is This Idea? —7/03
• Unsigned: Katharine Hepburn 1907-2003 —9/03
• Johannson, Scarlett (filler): "10-year-old" —6/04

Belief/Faith/Myths/Prayer/Miracles/Superstition (top)

• Stevenson, L. E., Metaphysician: (Letter re Bertrand Russell filler 12/98) —3/99
• Carroll, Damian (R): Converting Friends: Why Don't They Get It? —4/99
• Balmer, Randall (reprtd by John Arents): How Do Fundamentalists Think? —5/99
• Dunn, Russell: Why Religion? — Why Not? —8/99
• Lavan, Michael: The False Crutch That Is Religion —9/99
• Buckner, Ed (R): What's The Good News? Hyman, Lawrence W. (R): Is Religious Belief In Our Genes? —10/99
• Ingersoll, Robert (R): Myth And Miracle —11/99
• Greenfield, Jack: Millennial Disappointments —12/99
• Dunn, Russell: She Said "Yes" —12/99
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Conversion Of The Jews —12/99
• Arents, John (comment on Benbassat, same issue) —12/99
• Buckner, Ed: (letter re Arents 12/99) —2/00
• Thompson, Howard (R): Six Harms Of Christianity —3/00
• Peterson, David (R): To Bash Or Not To Bash —3/00
• Stockton, Eric (R): The Fall And Salvation —6/00
• Klein, Dorothy S.: (letter re Rowell, 8/00) —9/00
• Dunn, Russell: Pascal's Wager —10/00
• Williamson, James W., M.D. (R): Irreconcilable Differences —11/00
• Cheren, Rita: (letter re Novak NYTimes 8% estimate of non-godly) —11/00
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Fall Of Communism And The Rise of Superstition In China —12/00
• Sica, Nick (R): The Utility Of Myths —12/00
• Rafferty, John: Santa Claus And Lenin —12/00
• Dunn, Russell: Why Santa Claus Must Exist —12/00
• Sorrentino, Roger: (comment on Dunn, same issue) —12/00
• Dunn, Russell: God's Lightning Rod —2/01
• Edis, Taner (R): The Rationality Of An Illusion —3/01
• Dawkins, Richard (R): Memes And Faith —4/01
• Begley, Sharon (R): Searching For The God Within —6/01
• Korn, Bob (R): The Nature Of Faith —11/01
• Kosko, Bart (R): What We Need Is More Doubt —11/01
• Dunn, Russell: Miracles Or Mirages —11/01
• Hume, David (R): (filler add-on to Dunn, ie: "men lie") —11/01
• Dawkins, Richard (R): (note re religious delusion) —12/01
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): The Long And Bloody Road —1/02
• Rothstein, Edward (R): Root Causes Of Terrorism —2/02
• Arents, John: (Concurrence to Rothstein, same issue) —2/02
• Dunn, Russell: Living With Illusions —3/02
• Struble, Chris (R): The Role Of Fantasy —3/02
• Edamaruku, Sanal (R): Debunking In India —3/02
• Nehru, Jawaharlal (R): (add-on to Edamaruku, same issue) —3/02
• Brussel-Smith, Irwin: Homo Sapiens? —5/02
• Rafferty, John: Myths To Live By, And To Kill For —10/02
• Williamson, James W., M.D.(R): Science And Health —10/02
• Rafferty, John: We're Number Three! We're Number Three! —1/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Is God In Your Brain? —2/03
• Rafferty, John: Is Religion Darwinian? —2/03
• Harris, Art: Cloning, People, Ideas, and Idiocy —2/03
• Unsigned (American Atheists) (R): Prayer Bullying —5/03
• Ebert, Roger (R): Prayer, Vertical and Horizontal —5/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Who Knows What? —6/03
• Rauch, Jonathan (R): Apatheism: America's Default Religion? —9/03
• Rowell, George: An Evening of Real X-Files —11/03
• Arents, John: Bulletin from the Nation's Capital —11/03
• Unsigned (filler): Moon Over Murtosa —11/03
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Faith and the Fear of Falling —1/04
• Rafferty, John: The Consolation of Imaginary Things —2/04
• Liebowitz, Fran (filler): randomness —2/04
• Unsigned: Straight Reporting, or Sneaking One Past the Religion-Page Editor? —2/04
• Russell, Bertrand (filler): fools certain of themselves —3/04
• Rafferty, John: Prayer Scam —7/04
• Twain, Mark (filler): Power of imagination to heal or make sick —7/04

Bible & Anti-Bible (top)

• Abrams, Sol: Moses: Words Versus Deeds —3/99
• Kagin, Edwin (R): On Competentiating Children —3/99
• Spanier, Dr. Ktziah (reported by John Arents): The Israelites' Conception Of The Divine —6/99
• Rance, Hugh: Afterworld Add On —6/99
• Rowell, George: Where Was Freud? —8/99
• Rance, Hugh: School Graffiti —9/99
• Harris, Arthur: Religion In The News —9/99
• Rance, Hugh: Mercury O'er Religion —10/99
• Abrams, Sol: Ode To Saint Eve —1/00
• Abrams, Sol (R): Milosevic And Moses: Innocent Or Guilty —2/00
• Haver, Marceline (R): Science, Not Myths —8/00
• Dunn, Russell: An Inquest On Incest —9/00
• Greenfield, Jack: Is There A Spirit World? —2/01
• Remresh, Sri Leachim (R): Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story —8/01
• Harris, Arthur: An Exchange On God —5/02
• Rafferty, John: Myths To Live By, And To Kill For —10/02
• Anon (R): ("Bible cruel hoax" if Darwin right filler) —2/03
• Morris, Henry (R): (Bible "settles" age of earth filler) —2/03
• Abrams, Sol: Religious Tradition and the Man-Made Biblical God—3/03
• Arents, John: The Historicity of Jesus (incl Takaroff and Sorrentino, same issue) —3/04
• Takaroff, Rob: Joshua of Nazareth, As Seen Through the Perspective of Imaginative Time Travel —3/04
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Historical Jesus and His Myths —3/04
• Durant, Will (R): The Argument for Jesus —3/04
• Lifton, Barbara: A Dissenting View —3/04
• Abrams, Sol: No Evidence for Exodus —4/04
• Mullen, Earl: When What You Don't Believe Isn't Even True Anymore —4/04
• Halpern, Baruch (filler): Evidence for Exodus like Unicorn —4/04
• Millar, Kevin D. (filler) No evidence for Abraham, etc. —4/04
• Unsigned (R): In Defense of Biblical Marriage —4/04
• Shaw, George Bernard (R): Bible Beauty and Bible Science —5/04
• Dunn, Russell: Blame Is The Name of the Game —5/04
• Unsigned (R): Ask Dr. Laura About the Bible —5/04

Capitalism & Anti-Capitalism (top)

• Bernstein, Andrew (R): Religion And Capitalism —4/00
• Morem, Sally (R): Free Universe, Free Societies, Free Minds (response to Bernstein, same issue —4/00
• Rowell, George: Save Humanism From Such Allies (response to Bernstein and Morem, same issue) —4/00
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): The Next Big Changes —10/01
• Rowell, George: Save Humanism From Such Allies (response to Bernstein and Morem, same issue) —4/00
• Alexander, Aaron: (letter re Bernstein, Morem in 4/00) —6/00
• Bailey, Keith: (letter re Rowell in 4/00) —6/00
• Kluepfel, Charles: (letter re Bailey in 6/00) —8/00
• Struble, Chris: (letter re Rowell, 4/00, and Bailey, 6/00) —8/00
• Katz, Bernie (R): The Benefits Of Materialism —8/00
• Riggins, Thomas; (letter re Kluepfel and Struble letters, 8/00) —10/00
• Dantone, Gerry: (add-on to Rothstein and Arents, same issue) —2/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 4 —3/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 6: A Test Of Patriotism? —8/02
• Buckley, William F., Jr. (R): Fasting For Church/State —10/02
• Rowell, George: Solstice, Anyone? —12/02
• Peikoff, Leonard: Christmas: America's Tragedy —12/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters of Choice #&: Competition Vs. Nurturing & Compassion —5/04
• Greider, William (R): A New Mobilization is Just Beginning: Reshaping Capitalism —5/04

Catholic Church Messes, Pedophilia (top)

• Buckley, William F., Jr. (R): Fasting For Church/State —10/02
• Bard, Martin (R): Forgiveness —10/02
• Edamaraku, Sanal (R): India Has No Reason to Be Grateful to Mother Teresa —1/04

Christianity, Beliefs & Practices (top)

• Rafferty, John: An Atheist's Christmas, 1999 —12/99
• Jefferson, Thomas (R): The Religious And Academic Scenes in 1822 —1/00
• Thompson, Howard (R): Six Harms Of Christianity —3/00
• Peterson, David (R): To Bash Or Not To Bash —3/00
• Coon, Carl (R): Proselytizing —3/00
• Morem, Sally (R): Free Universe, Free Societies, Free Minds (response to Bernstein, same issue —4/00
• Rowell, George: Save Humanism From Such Allies (response to Bernstein and Morem, same issue) —4/00
• Bailey, Keith: (letter re Rowell in 4/00) —6/00
• Aquinas, Thomas (R): (on Christian Love) —8/00
• Luther, Martin (R): (on Christian Love) —8/00
• Dantone, Gerry (and Rev. Gregory Mustacciuolo) (R): Original Sin And The Soul —9/00
• Rowell, George: Natural Holidays And Hijacked Holidays —10/00
• Washington, George; (except from letter on "religious animosities") —11/00
• Rowell, George: Falsified History —2/01
• Rowell, George: Christian Literature: An Oxymoron —3/01
• Katz, Bernie (R): Paganism: An Improvement On Christianity? —4/01
• Rowell, George: Cultural Destruction And Cultural Amnesia —5/01
• Faulkenberry, Carol (R): Goddesses Never Die —2/02
• Rafferty, John: Aristotle Fights Back! Moses And Jesus Help! —5/02
• Harris, Arthur: ("Saint" Juan Diego and bribee Torricelli filler) —9/02
• Rowell, George: Solstice, Anyone? —12/02
• Peikoff, Leonard: Christmas: America's Tragedy —12/02
• Rafferty, John: Commentary ("Festivus") re Rowell and Peikoff —12/02
• Rafferty, John: Great Oz —12/02
• Laughlin, Meg (R): An Army Chaplain's Christian Charity —7/03
• Berland, Howard: CrissCross (poem) —9/03
• Unsigned (filler): Moon Over Murtosa —11/03
• Edamaraku, Sanal (R): India Has No Reason to Be Grateful to Mother Teresa —1/04
• Unsigned: Straight Reporting, or Sneaking One Past the Religion-Page Editor? —2/04
• Arents, John: The Historicity of Jesus (incl Takaroff and Sorrentino, same issue) —3/04
• Takaroff, Rob: Joshua of Nazareth, As Seen Through the Perspective of Imaginative Time Travel —3/04
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Historical Jesus and His Myths —3/04
• Durant, Will (R): The Argument for Jesus —3/04
• Lifton, Barbara: A Dissenting View —3/04
• Harris, Dorothy: Militant Christians —9/04

Christian Right & Fundamentalism in General (top)

• Balmer, Randall (reprtd by John Arents): How Do Fundamentalists Think? —5/99
• Barefield, Thomas (R): Around In Circles —6/99
• Harris, Arthur: The Assault On Good News —2/00
• Anon (R): German Blasphemy Laws —3/01
• Rafferty, John: (comment re Anon, same issue) —3/01
• Harris, Arthur: Stem Cell Research —10/01
• Rafferty, John: Falwell's Next Press Conference —12/01
• Ovenall, Sarah (R): Religious Zealot Quiz —1/02
• Williamson, James W., M.D. (R): Sanctified Terror — American Variety —2/02
• Harris, Arthur: An Exchange On God —5/02
• Rowell, George: Is Secular Humanism Progressing? —6/02
• Madigan, Timothy: The True Believer Revisited —6/02
• Rance, Hugh: Odious Airs —8/02
• Anon (Reasonings): Doublethink —9/02
• Armstrong, Karen (R): Fundamentalism Today Morris, Henry (R): (Bible "settles" age of earth filler) —2/03
• Donohue, P.C. (R): The Suppression of Evolution —2/03
• Institute for Creation Research (R): (Ôtear down" evolution filler) —2/03
• Free Inquiry magazine (R): That's Reverend Mr. President! —3/03
• O'Brien, Conan (R): "Jesus, all those big words" filler—3/03
• Bush, George W. (R): "Faith-based programs" filler—3/03
• Rafferty, John: So É How Are Faith-Based Initiatives Working Out In Texas? —3/03
• Washington Spectator (R): Faith Pays—3/03
• Unsigned (American Atheists) (R): Prayer Bullying —5/03
• Ebert, Roger (R): Prayer, Vertical and Horizontal —5/03
• Laughlin, Meg (R): An Army Chaplain's Christian Charity —7/03
• Tomorrow, Tom (R — cartoon): This Modern World, "Christian Terrorists" —9/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): It's the Fundamentalism, Stupid! —9/03
• Unsigned (R): Sudan Enters the 14th Century —9/03
• Unsigned (R): In Our Own New and Improved, Enlightened Afghanistan É —9/03
• LaHaye, Tim (R): And Right Here at Home É —9/03
• Kleinman, Mark A. R. (R): Faith-Based Fudging —10/03
• Unsigned: And If It Doesn't Work in Texas É —10/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Bush, The Pope, and Gay Rights —12/03
• Reagan, Ronald (R): Religion, Politics and Sex (Guess which liberal É) —12/03
• Gorenfeld, John (R): Bad Moon Rising Over the White House —12/03
• Unsigned: Christian Love and Charity at Work —2/04
• Chase, Caleb (R): A Neat One-Paragraph History of Christianity in America —4/04
• Unsigned: The Christian Loving Way (Jews Killed Jesus sign) —4/04
• Harris, Dorothy: Militant Christians —9/04
• Unsigned (R): Convert Or Go To Jail —10/04

Churches/Organized Religion (top)

• Greenfield, Jack: The Clergy As Unskilled Labor (plus response to Arents) —9/99
• Arents, John: (comment re Greenfield same issue) —9/99
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Conversion Of The Jews —12/99
• Arents, John (comment on Benbassat, same issue) —12/99
• Jefferson, Thomas (R): The Religious And Academic Scenes in 1822 —1/00
• Washington, George; (except from letter on "religious animosities") —11/00
• Rafferty, John: We're Number Three! We're Number Three! —1/03
• Unsigned: Your opinion, please: What Is A Religion? —3/03
• Rowell, George: What is a Religion? The Origins of Religion —5/03
• Rance, Hugh: What is a Religion? Childish Fantasy —5/03
• Faris, William: What is a Religion? Evolution and Religion —5/03
• Arents, John: What is a Religion? Some Offbeat Religions —5/03
• Berland, Howard: What is a Religion? Secular Humanism and Religion? —5/03
• Bernard, Victor: What is a Religion? Religion is a Worldview —5/03
• Harris, Arthur: What is a Religion? A Crutch For (Most of) Humanity —5/03
• Rafferty, John: What is a Religion? A Religion Is É —5/03
• Rafferty, David: Picking Fights With Rabbis —11/03
• Anon (L.A. Times) (filler — R): New Hampshire Episcopalians É —1/04
• Shermer, Michael (R): Survival of the Fittest Religion —6/04

Church-State Separation (top)

• Mithout, Bruno: Strange Aspects Of American Life As Seen By A French Resident —2/99
• Abrams, Sol: The Judeo-Christian And Greco-Roman Traditions —4/99
• Claborne, Conrad: Let God Speak For Himself —8/99
• Rance, Hugh: School Graffiti —9/99
• Teepen, Tom (R): Returning Prayer To Schools Won't Fix What Ails Us —10/99
• Jefferson, Thomas (R): The Religious And Academic Scenes in 1822 —1/00
• Bailey, Keith (R): A New Religious Litmus Test Emerges In U.S. Politics —5/00
• Harris, Arthur: Political Piety —5/00
• Arents, John: (commentary on Harris, same issue) —5/00
• Buckner, Ed: It's A Free Country — Not A Christian Nation —8/00
• Washington, George; (except from letter on "religious animosities") —11/00
• Parker, Kathleen (R): God, Country, Gain Fragile Toehold —12/01
• Buckner, Ed: (response to Parker, same issue) —12/01
• Cagney, Terry: Let's Not Drive People Away —6/02
• Futrell, Mynga and Geisert, Paul (reported by John Arents): Teaching About Religion In Public Schools —8/02
• Flushing Remonstrance, The (R): (filler re church and state) —10/02
• Victoria Regina (R): (filler re church and state) —10/02
• Wright, Sally (R): "My Great-Grandfather Got It Right" —11/02
• Mitchell, Alice (R): Freedom To Believe, Or Not To Believe —11/02
• Donahue, Phil (R): My God, My Constitution, Keep Religion Out Of The Pledge —11/02
• Williams, Robin (R): Robin Williams On "Under God" —11/02
• Rafferty, John: Who Gets The Irony Cross For Achievement In American History? —11/02
• Unsigned: Presidents Day Messages From The Presidents —2/03
• Free Inquiry magazine (R): That's Reverend Mr. President! —3/03
• O'Brien, Conan (R): "Jesus, all those big words" filler—3/03
• Bush, George W. (R): "Faith-based programs" filler—3/03
• Rafferty, John: So É How Are Faith-Based Initiatives Working Out In Texas? —3/03
• Washington Spectator (R): Faith Pays—3/03
• Kleinman, Mark A. R. (R): Faith-Based Fudging —10/03
• Unsigned: And If It Doesn't Work in Texas É —10/03
• Unsigned: October 12 is Freethought Day —10/03
• Unsigned: Judge Roy Moore, In Turbaned Disguise, Comes to New York —1/04
• Harris, Arthur: Who Cares If Kerry Takes Communion? We Should. —6/04
• Rafferty, John: Why Humanists Must Fire George W. Bush —9/04
• Rooney, Andy (R): Using the Flag —9/04
• Hertzberg, Hendrick (R): New Time Religion —9/04
• Unsigned (R): Convert Or Go To Jail —10/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Alan Brown talk) The History of, and Challenges to, Separation of Church and State —11/04

Civil Rights/Minority Rights (top)

• Silverman, Herb (R): Voluntary And Involuntary Peculiarities —2/99
• Summers, Lawrence and Tribe, Laurence (R): Race Is Never Neutral —6/03
• Horstein, Michael (R): comment on Summers and Laurence —6/03
• Arents, John: Affirmative Action In The Good Old Days —6/03
• Rothman, Stanley (R): Is Diversity Overrated? —6/03
• Milne, Andrew (R): comment on Rothman —6/03
• Schwartz, Peter (R): The Racism of "Diversity" —6/03
• Rance, Hugh: What's In A Name —6/03
• Kennedy, Sheila Suess (R): Scalia in the Culture War —9/03
• Rafferty, John: Scalia is Right, Sort of É So What? —9/03
• Eviatar, Daphne (R): Is There a Right to Be Crazy? —10/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Bush, The Pope, and Gay Rights —12/03
• Rafferty, John: I Do, I Do —1/04
• Watson, Danie (filler - R): A Modest Proposal —1/04
• Anon (L.A. Times) (filler — R): New Hampshire Episcopalians É —1/04
• Cronkite, Walter (R): On Mr. Bush's Proposed Amendment Against Gay Marriage —4/04
• Unsigned (filler): Another Tunnel-Vision President on Walter Cronkite —4/04
• Morford, Mark (R): Where Is My Gay Apocalypse? —4/04
• Unsigned (R): In Defense of Biblical Marriage —4/04

Cloning, Stem Cells, Genetic Modification (top)

• Dawkins, Richard (R): Is Nature Always Good? —12/00
• Edamaruku, Sanal (R): Time To Celebrate? —12/00
• Harris, Arthur: Stem Cell Research —10/01
• Rance, Hugh: The Way Of The Flesh —10/01
• Meislich, Estelle K.: Human Cloning —4/02
• Rafferty, John: Human Cloning: Who's In Charge Here? —4/02
• Johnson, Oriz (R): (add-on to Meislich, Rafferty, same issue) —4/02
• Epstein, Alex (R) and Krauthammer, Charles: Two Views On Cloning —9/02
• McKie, Robin (R): Has Evolution Stopped? —10/02
• Rafferty, John: (comment re McKie, same issue) —10/02
• Harris, Art: Cloning, People, Ideas, and Idiocy —2/03
• Watson & Crick (R): "Scientific Understatement of the 20th Century" —4/03
• Watson, James (R): On Cloning —4/03
• Epstein, Alex (ARI) (R): "Science By Permission of Religion" —4/03

Creationism & "Intelligent Design" (top)

• Gross, Paul R., Harvard University (R): Downsizing Darwin —3/99
• Anon (Center for Renewal of Science & Culture) (R): A Message From The Other Side —5/99
• Stockton, Eric (R): Perfection, Function, Design, And Chance —9/99
• Rafferty, John: Kansas Creationists Announce New Curriculum Goals —10/99
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Academic Freedom, Creationism, And The Meaning Of Democracy —11/99
• McNeil, Douglas (R): Don't Help Creationists —5/00
• Buckner, Ed (R): (add-on to McNeil, same issue) —5/00
• Sheffer, Rodney (R): The Hazards Of Scientific Illiteracy —9/00
• Schmidt, Kenneth (R): Intelligent Design In Public Schools: What's The Controversy? —4/01
• Remresh, Sri Leachim (R): Genesis Revisited: A Scientific Creation Story —8/01
• Caplan, Arthur (R): Darwin Vindicated! —8/01
• Meeker, Brent (R): Intelligent And Unintelligent Design —10/01
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Something From Nothing? —12/01
• Donohue, P.C. (R): The Suppression of Evolution —2/03
• Institute for Creation Research (R): (Ôtear down" evolution filler) —2/03
• Gish, Duane (R): (God's creation "processes" now hidden filler) —2/03
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R): (fundamentalists "discredited" filler) —2/03
• Dawkins, Richard (filler): Douglas Adams, puddle —2/04
• Clarke, Arthur C. (filler): alone in the universe, or not —2/04

Cults, New-Agers (top)

• Britten, Sherree (reported by John Arents): Being Wiccan: A Personal Experience —6/01
• Brandkamp, Laura (reported by John Arents): Shamanism: The Truth Behind The Myth —8/02
• Bennett, Frances (R): ("capturing spirit orbs" filler) —9/02
• Rafferty, John: Virtual Religion —2/03
• Rafferty, John: McWisdom Of The Ages —7/03
• Gorenfeld, John (R): Bad Moon Rising Over the White House —12/03
• Schissel, Chic, Dr. (R): Is Alternative Medicine Really Religion? —2/04
• Rafferty, John: The Consolation of Imaginary Things —2/04
• Unsigned: You Have a Sore Throat, and É —2/04
• Shermer, Michael (R): What's the Harm? —2/04
• Rafferty, John: Updates —2/04
• Unsigned: Paul Grosswald 5/26 meeting notice —5/04
• Unsigned: It's Only Weird If Liberals Do It —6/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Paul Grosswald talk) Cults and Coercion: How Ordinary People are Turned Into Extraordinary Fanatics —7/04
• Schissel, Dr. Chic: Is Absence of Evidence Evidence of Absence? —10/04

Darwin & Evolution (top)

• Gross, Paul R., Harvard University (R): Downsizing Darwin —3/99
• Schmidt, Ken (R): Darwin's Dangerous Idea: How The Religious Right Is Right —6/99
• Stockton, Eric (R): Perfection, Function, Design, And Chance —9/99
• Strain, Daniel (R): Secularism And Evolution —10/99
• Lowder, Jeffery Jay (R): Response To Daniel Strain (same issue) —10/99
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Academic Freedom, Creationism, And The Meaning Of Democracy —11/99
• Tucker, Rev. Robert P. (R): Evolution And God —12/99
• Caplan, Arthur (R): Darwin Vindicated! —8/01
• Rance, Hugh: At War Against Terrorism —11/01
• Pigliucci, Massimo: The Wedge: What Happens When Science Is Taken Over By Ideology —11/01
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Something From Nothing? —12/01
• Strayer, Jim (R): Lower Forms Of Life —6/02
• Rance, Hugh: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? —6/02
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R): ("excitement of evolution" filler) —8/02
• Armstrong, Herbert (R): ("evolution as ignorance" filler) —8/02
• McKie, Robin (R): Has Evolution Stopped? —10/02
• Rafferty, John: (comment re McKie, same issue) —10/02
• Darwin, Charles: ("most beautiful É" filler) —2/03
• Ingersoll, Robert G. (R): On Darwin —2/03
• Anon (R): ("Bible cruel hoax" if Darwin right filler) —2/03
• Weinberg, Steven (R): (on evolution) —2/03
• Bronowski, J. (R): (on evolution) —2/03
• Morris, Henry (R): (Bible "settles" age of earth filler) —2/03
• Wilson, Woodrow: ("intelligent men" believe evolution filler) —2/03
• Donohue, P.C. (R): The Suppression of Evolution —2/03
• Institute for Creation Research (R): (Ôtear down" evolution filler) —2/03
• Pennock, Robert T. (R): (science "godless" as plumbing filler) —2/03
• Gish, Duane (R): (God's creation "processes" now hidden filler) —2/03
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R): (fundamentalists "discredited" filler) —2/03
• Bush, George W. (R): (religion around longer than Darwin filler) —2/03
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R): ("glorious accident" filler) —2/03
• Tarnas, Richard (R): The Future In Man's Hands —2/03
• Darwin, Charles (R): ("grandeur" filler) —2/03
• Rafferty, John: Is Religion Darwinian? —2/03
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R); Thought For An April Morning filler —4/03
• Webb, Charles, MD: Darwin and the Wisdom of Our Ancestors —5/03
• Penn & Teller (R): The Creationist Argument —5/03
• Rowell, George: What is a Religion? The Origins of Religion —5/03
• Faris, William: What is a Religion? Evolution and Religion —5/03
• Arents, John: A Thought On Free Will —12/03
• Arents, John: Is God Really Dead? —2/04
• Claborne, Conrad: Would Darwin Have Been Pleased? —2/04
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R): Evolution's Million Stories To Tell —2/04
• Dawkins, Richard (filler): Douglas Adams, puddle —2/04
• Bryson, Bill (R): A Short History of Your Own Personal Evolution —2/04
• Arents, John: A Musical Voyage of Discovery with Charles Darwin (by) Richard Milner —3/04
• Shermer, Michael (R): Survival of the Fittest Religion —6/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Ezra Kulko talk) How Life Started On Earth —7/04

Ecology & Environment (top)

• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice — 3: When, As A Society, Can We Say Enough Is Enough? —8/01
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 4 —3/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 6: A Test Of Patriotism? —8/02
• Rance, Hugh: Odious Airs —8/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters of Choice #&: Competition Vs. Nurturing & Compassion —5/04
• Greider, William (R): A New Mobilization is Just Beginning: Reshaping Capitalism —5/04
• Charman, Karen (R): Evironmentalist = Terrorist —5/04
• Sagan, Carl (R): Pale Blue Dot —6/04
• Rafferty, John: Why Humanists Must Fire George W. Bush —9/04

Ethics & Morality (top)

• Kagin, Edwin (R): On Competentiating Children —3/99
• Strain, Daniel T. (R): Subjectivism And Morality —4/99
• Greenfield, Jack: On Ethics —10/99
• Einstein, Albert (R): (quote re "giving up" idea of personal god) —2/01
• Einstein, Albert (R): (quote re "ethical axioms" grounded in truth) —2/01
• Greenfield, Jack: Good Or Evil — The Choice Is Ours —5/01
• Rafferty, John: Evil And Conscience —5/01
• Williamson, James W., M.D.: (note re cortex/limbic, Rafferty, same issue) —5/01
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Red Or Blue: What Kind Of Life Would You Choose? —6/01
• Greenfield, Jack: (letter re Rafferty 5/01) —6/01
• Schmidt, Kenneth (R): Whence Comes Basic Morality? —6/01
• Schwarz, Patricia (R): More On Science And Religion —9/01
• Dantone, Gerry (R): Moral Relativism, Absolutism, And Objective Ethics —9/01
• Rance, Hugh: Against Nature, For The Good —9/01
• Dowret, Arnell (rept by John Arents): Freethinking Spiritual Wonderment —12/01
• Levey, Lila (R): Animal Rights And Humanism —4/02
• McCartan, Edward F.: Humanists As Animals —4/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 5: Bullies And Predators —6/02
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Empathy Will Do Nicely —6/02
• Morley, Patrick (R): ("America in moral decay" filler) —8/02
• Rowell, George: Empathy Needs Some Help —9/02
• Rafferty, John: Myths To Live By, And To Kill For —10/02
• Bard, Martin (R): Forgiveness —10/02
• Shermer, Michael (R): Questions About Morality Questions —2/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Ignoble Savage —10/03
• Collier, Curt (R): Reverence for Life —10/03
• Schweitzer, Albert (R — filler): Reverence for life —10/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Whence Animal Rights? —10/03
• Barboza, David (R): Animals Seeking Happiness —10/03
• Rafferty, John: Death Penalty Logic —11/03
• Abrams, Sol: Judging Past Villains by Today's Standards —11/03
• Scribner, Ron (R): Are Humanists Altruists or Individualists? (intro to Curland & Griffin, same issue) —11/03
• Curland, Nathan (R): Altruism vs. Individualism —11/03
• Griffin, Phil (R): Altruism vs. Individualism: A Response —11/03
• Rowell, George: Altruism's Identity Crisis — Part I —1/04
• Rowell, George: Altruism's Identify Crisis — Part II —2/04
• Rafferty, John: It Isn't About Iraq, It's About America —6/04
• Sagan, Carl (R): Pale Blue Dot —6/04
• Hedges, Chris (R): Do We Secretly Love War? —10/04
• Claborne, Conrad: (Report on CFI-MetroNY panel) "The Ethics of Deception" —11/04

ETs / SETI / UFOs / The Paranormal (top)

• Dunn, Russell (R): The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Implications For Religion —3/99
• Arents, John: (comment re Dunn this issue, ie: God as a scientist) —3/99
• Rance, Hugh: Emergence In Physical Systems —4/99
• Rafferty, John: Socially Useful Things Your Computer Can Do É —10/03
• Cross, David (R) filler: "Crossing Over?" No, church! —11/04

Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide (top)

• Coleman, Diane (R): Are We Ready For Euthanasia? —2/00
• Quill, Timothy, M.D. (R): Kevorkian: Hero, Villain, Or Somewhere In Between? —4/00
• Rafferty, John: Life And Death Insurance —4/00
• Kluepfel, Charles: (letter re Rowell, Rafferty in 4/00) —6/00
• Arents, John: Bulletin from the Nation's Capital —11/03

Free Speech/First Amendment (top)

• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Thoughts On The Matthew Shepard Murder —1/99
• Arents, John: Thoughts On Free Speech —1/99
• Klein, Dorothy S.: On Hatred And Victimhood (response to Arents 1/99) —2/99
• Rafferty, John: The Circus Comes To Brooklyn —1/00
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): Governor Jesse Ventura: An Honest Politician In Trouble For Being Honest —1/00
• Greenfield, Jack (letter re Rafferty 12/99) —2/00
• Anon (R): German Blasphemy Laws —3/01
• Rafferty, John: (comment re Anon, same issue) —3/01
• Berres, Mike vs Castle, Maria Alena (R): Groveling For Jesus —9/01
• Castle, Maria Alena vs Berres, Mike (R): Groveling For Jesus —9/01
• Brown, Diana (R): Faith-Based Justice —10/01
• Rafferty, John: "Legal" Lynching —10/01
• Dantone, Gerry (R): Dogma Reaches The Right And Left —10/01
• Rafferty, John: I'm Afraid To Hate Myself —10/01
• Wright, Sally (R): "My Great-Grandfather Got It Right" —11/02
• Mitchell, Alice (R): Freedom To Believe, Or Not To Believe —11/02
• Donahue, Phil (R): My God, My Constitution, Keep Religion Out Of The Pledge —11/02
• Williams, Robin (R): Robin Williams On "Under God" —11/02
• Unsigned: Presidents Day Messages From The Presidents —2/03
• Bovard, James (R): Free Speech Zones —4/04
• Rafferty, John: One Big Free Speech Zone —4/04
• Unsigned: Winning Hearts and Minds in Iraq —6/04

Free Will & Determinism (top)

• Garber, Robert B. (R): Is Man Really Rational? —1/99
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Omniscience And The Immutable Future —1/99
• Lavan, Michael D.: Free Will: A Dialectic Between A Scientist And A Theologian —1/99
• Silverman, Herb (R): Voluntary And Involuntary Peculiarities —2/99
• Stevenson, L. E., Metaphysician: (Letter re Lavan 1/99) —5/99
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Demon of Determinism — Part 1 —11/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Demon of Determinism — Part 2 —12/03
• Arents, John: A Thought On Free Will —12/03
• Amend, Bill (Foxtrot cartoon) (R): Too Deep —12/03

God (top)

• Spanier, Dr. Ktziah (reported by John Arents): The Israelites' Conception Of The Divine —6/99
• Harris, Arthur: Pondering On God (For A Change) —6/99
• Greenfield, Jack: The Divine And The Insane: An Opinion On Religion And Madness —6/99
• Rowell, George: Where Was Freud? —8/99
• Claborne, Conrad: God: A 2000 Year No Show —1/01
• Rafferty, John: (comment on Claborne, same issue) —1/01
• Rance, Hugh: (comment on Claborne, same issue) —1/01
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 2 —3/01
• Rafferty, John: Tony, Carmela, And God —6/01
• Rafferty, John: Must-See TV —8/01
• Anon (R): Why God Never Received Tenure At The University —5/02
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Is God In Your Brain? —2/03
• Abrams, Sol: Religious Tradition and the Man-Made Biblical God—3/03
• Adams, Scott (R): Dogbert On God's Origins —6/03
• Salisbury, Lee (R): Can We Know God? Which God? (with pic) —7/03
• Arents, John: Is God Really Dead? —2/04
• Clarke, Arthur C. (filler): alone in the universe, or not —2/04
• Unsigned: Omnipotent and Omnipresent, But Not, It Seems, Omniscient —3/04
• Anonymous (R): The Gods of Yesterday (poem) —9/04
• Rafferty, John: "Is God In Our Genes?" Yes, If It Sells Magazines —11/04
• Zimmer, Carl (R): "Is God In Our Genes?" Probably Not, Certainly Not Proved —11/04
• Harris, Art: "Is God In Our Genes?" No, and Don't Be Ludicrous —11/04

Hate Crimes/Hate Groups (top)

• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Thoughts On The Matthew Shepard Murder —1/99
• Arents, John: Thoughts On Free Speech —1/99
• Klein, Dorothy S.: On Hatred And Victimhood (response to Arents 1/99) —2/99
• Ellsworth, Will (R): Coping With Hate In America, Part I —4/99
• Rafferty, John D.: Hate Crime Laws: A Dissenting View —4/99
• Ellsworth, Will (R): Coping With Hate In America, Part II: Biases And Relgion —5/99
• Rafferty, John: (comment re Anon, same issue) —3/01
• Dantone, Gerry (R): Dogma Reaches The Right And Left —10/01
• Rafferty, John: I'm Afraid To Hate Myself —10/01

History: World, Western (top)

• Abrams, Sol: The Judeo-Christian And Greco-Roman Traditions —4/99
• Lavan, Michael: America Today Similar To Rome Before The Fall —1/00
• Abrams, Sol (R): Milosevic And Moses: Innocent Or Guilty —2/00
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Fall Of Communism And The Rise of Superstition In China —12/00
• Rowell, George: Falsified History —2/01
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): The Long And Bloody Road —1/02
• Hanson, Victor Davis (R): Ripples Of Battle: Fantasies Give Way To Reality —1/02
• Smith, George F. (R): Allah Attacks Aristotle: Philosophical Roots of 9/11 —5/02
• Rafferty, John: Aristotle Fights Back! Moses And Jesus Help! —5/02
• Abrams, Sol: When The Persecuted Become The Persecutors —9/02
• Rafferty, John: Celebrate Columbus Day! —10/03
• Abrams, Sol: Judging Past Villains by Today's Standards —11/03
• Meislich, Estelle: Revising Galileo;s "Mistake," Reviewing Galileo';s Mistake —12/03
• Harris, Art: An Encounter —1/04
• Arents, John: The Historicity of Jesus (incl Takaroff and Sorrentino, same issue) —3/04
• Takaroff, Rob: Joshua of Nazareth, As Seen Through the Perspective of Imaginative Time Travel —3/04
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Historical Jesus and His Myths —3/04
• Durant, Will (R): The Argument for Jesus —3/04
• Lifton, Barbara: A Dissenting View (re Takaroff, Sorrentino, Durant, same issue) —3/04
• Rafferty, John: Editorial Note on C.E. and B.C.E. —4/04
• Orlet, Christopher (R): How the Humanists (Not the Irish) Saved Western Civilization —6/04
• Rafferty, John: The Book Club Reads Doubt: A History, and Meets Jennifer Michael Hecht —7/04
• Rowell, George: (Report on Samuel Huntington's book) "The Clash of Civilizations and The Remaking of World Order" —11/04

Homosexuality (top)

• Price, Robert M. (R): Two Grooms? —6/00
• Greenfield, Jack: Male And Female —11/00
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice1: —2/01
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters of Choice 7: Should We Embrace Sodomy? —6/03
• Santorum, Rick (R): Santorum On Santorum —6/03
• Leno, Jay: Jay Leno On Santorum —6/03
• Kennedy, Sheila Suess (R): Scalia in the Culture War —9/03
• Rafferty, John: Scalia is Right, Sort of É So What? —9/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Bush, The Pope, and Gay Rights —12/03
• Rafferty, John: I Do, I Do —1/04
• Unsigned: Christian Love and Charity at Work —2/04
• Cronkite, Walter (R): On Mr. Bush's Proposed Amendment Against Gay Marriage —4/04
• Unsigned (filler): Another Tunnel-Vision President on Walter Cronkite —4/04
• Morford, Mark (R): Where Is My Gay Apocalypse? —4/04
• Unsigned (R): In Defense of Biblical Marriage —4/04
• Rafferty, John: The Three (Make That Eight) Stooges are Alive and Well in Tennessee —5/04
• Unsigned: See, We're Just Like Everyone Else —10/04

Humanism/Skepticisim/Rationality (top)

• Carroll, Damian (R): Converting Friends: Why Don't They Get It? —4/99
• Hyman, Larry (R): Sex, Politics And Humanism —4/99
• Strain, Daniel T. (R): Subjectivism And Morality —4/99
• Drake, Robert (R): Humanist Hypocrisy —5/99
• Hyman, Larry (R): From Atheism To Humanism —6/99
• Rance, Hugh: Jointly Filing —8/99
• Greenfield, Jack: On Ethics —10/99
• Stocker, Barbara (R): A Rationalist View Of Afterlife —10/99
• Rance, Hugh: Principles of Humanism —11/99
• Darrow, Clarence (R): Why I Am An Agnostic —1/00
• Schaefer, Horst (R): A Humanist Views The Inevitable —3/00
• Coon, Carl (R): Proselytizing —3/00
• Pecker, Jean-Claude: What Has To Be Done? —5/00
• Porter, Lois (R): Secular Humanism In The Next Century —5/00
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): The Rationalistic Fallacy —5/00
• Bailey, Keith: (letter re Rowell in 4/00) —6/00
• Stockton, Eric (R): The Fall And Salvation —6/00
• Rowell, George: The Error Of The Rationalistic Fallacy —8/00
• Struble, Chris: (letter re Rowell, 4/00, and Bailey, 6/00) —8/00
• Edwards, Frederick (R): What Is Humanism? —9/00
• Deitz, M. Lee (R): Religious Humanism: Is It A Misnomer? —9/00
• Riggins, Thomas; (letter re Kluepfel and Struble letters, 8/00) —10/00
• Kurtz, Paul (R): The Courage To Become —10/00
• Kluepfel, Charles: (letter re Riggins 10/00 response to K's 8/00 letter) —11/00
• Greenfield, Jack: The Beauty Of Ceremony —1/01
• Rafferty, John: On Secular Sacred Pictures —1/01
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 1 —2/01
• Cover, Dan (R): A Humanist Meaning Of Spirituality —2/01
• Riggens, Thomas: (letter re Rafferty, 1/01) —3/01
• Greenfield, Jack: (note re Rafferty, 1/01) —3/01
• Edis, Taner (R): The Rationality Of An Illusion —3/01
• Greenfield, Jack: (letter re Riggins letter 3/01 re Rafferty 1/01) —4/01
• Kolenda, Konstantine (R): Humanism: It's Not Marginal, It's The Mainstream Of Western Civilization —6/01
• Fishman, Arnold: Humanism Vs. Religion —9/01
• Anon (R): Who's Who In Freethought —11/01
• Rafferty, John: Each One Reach One —2/02
• Dantone, Gerry: (add-on to Rothstein and Arents, same issue) —2/02
• Dunn, Russell: Living With Illusions —3/02
• Schlueter, Roger S. (R): On Critical Thinking —3/02
• Levey, Lila (R): Animal Rights And Humanism —4/02
• McCartan, Edward F.: Humanists As Animals —4/02
• Rafferty, John: (response to Levey, same issue) —4/02
• Harris, Arthur: An Exchange On God —5/02
• Rowell, George: Is Secular Humanism Progressing? —6/02
• Cagney, Terry: Let's Not Drive People Away —6/02
• Rowell, George: No Compromise On Principles —8/02
• Lifton, Barbara G.: (letter re Rafferty 5/02 and no women in SHSNY) —8/02
• Rafferty, John ("The Editors"): (response to Lifton, same issue) —8/02
• Rowell, George: Empathy Needs Some Help —9/02
• Chuman, Joseph (R): Judgment On Atheists, Agnostics, And Humanists, Now And Then —9/02
• Potter, Stella (R): Marketing Humanism Through Ceremonies —9/02
• Rafferty, John: What Kind Of Secular Humanists Are We? —11/02
• Arents, John: The Middle Way —11/02
• Harris, Arthur: All The Way —11/02
• Ferguson, Martha (R): Philosophy For Life —12/02
• McCartan, Edward F.: Primary Is Best For Us —12/02
• Williamson, Martha H.: Some Cautionary Remarks —12/02
• Rafferty, John: Apalachin Redux: The Godless Mafia Meets —12/02
• Rafferty, John: We're Number Three! We're Number Three! —1/03
• Rosenberg, Andreas/Heffron, Paul: Humanism For The Many —1/03
• Hyman, Lawrence: What Humanism Means To Me —1/03
• Doerr, Edd (R): Humanism And "Unbelief" —1/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): Benefits Of Nonbelief And Skepticism? —1/03
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R): Gould On Skepticism —1/03
• Rowell, George: An Ally, Not An Acolyte —1/03
• Arents, John: Stumbling Blocks In Holy Writ —1/03
• Unsigned: "Primary Ally" Big Winner In "Sense Of The Meeting" Vote —1/03
• Gray, John Maclachlan (R): Why Won't Humanists Kill For Their Beliefs? —1/03
• Unsigned: What Kind of Secular Humanists Are We? Primary Allies—3/03
• Arents, John: Is "Conservative" A Dirty Word? —3/03
• Cohen, Max & Carol (R): Can A Humanist Be A Political Conservative? —3/03
• Trillin, Calvin (R): "My politics are simple" filler—3/03
• Harris, Art: What Does A Conservative Humanist Believe? —3/03
• Flynn, Tom (R): Is Secular Humanism Political? —3/03
• Rafferty, John: Can Conservatives Publish In PIQUE? —3/03
• Erickson, George (R): "Yellow lines and dead armadillos" filler—3/03
• Byatt, A.S. (R): Plus ça Change —4/03
• Berland, Howard: What is a Religion? Secular Humanism and Religion? —5/03
• Schissel, Dr. Marvin (Chic): Left: Define the Terms —7/03
• Harris, Art: Right: The Definitions Have Changed —7/03
• Rafferty, John: How Bright Is This Idea? —7/03
• Unsigned: Does Dubya Know About This? (Humanist Helen Keller) —7/03
• Dennett, Daniel C. (R): The Bright Stuff —9/03
• Arents, John: Not A Bright Idea —9/03
• Schissel, Marvin J. Humanism and Flag-Waving —9/03
• Unsigned: October 12 is Freethought Day —10/03
• Scribner, Ron (R): Are Humanists Altruists or Individualists? (intro to Curland & Griffin, same issue) —11/03
• Curland, Nathan (R): Altruism vs. Individualism —11/03
• Griffin, Phil (R): Altruism vs. Individualism: A Response —11/03
• Scribner, Ron (R): [Is] Secular Humanism Your Religion? Yes —12/03
• Dority, Barbara (R): [Is] Secular Humanism Your Religion? No —12/03
• HumanLight.org (R): Light A Candle for HumanLight —12/03
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Faith and the Fear of Falling —1/04
• Rowell, George: Altruism's Identity Crisis — Part I —1/04
• Light, Flash: A Humanist/Pantheist Art Project —1/04
• Jacoby, Susan (R): One Nation, Under Secularism —2/04
• Rowell, George: Altruism's Identify Crisis — Part II —2/04
• Russell, Bertrand (filler): fools certain of themselves —3/04
• Sagan, Carl (filler): "If we can't think for ourselves É" —3/04
• Russell, Bertrand (R): FreeThinking and Orthodoxy —4/04
• Mencken, H.L. (filler): Moral Certainty a sign of cultural inferiority —4/04
• Tennyson (filler): more faith in honest doubt —4/04
• Cosentino, Remo: Remember Why You Became a Humanist? A New Member Writes —5/04
• Hume, David (R): filler "worst skeptic better than best believer and bigot" —5/04
• Orlet, Christopher (R): How the Humanists (Not the Irish) Saved Western Civilization —6/04
• Unsigned: Institute for Humanist Studies Debuts Continuum of Humanist Education —7/04
• Rafferty, John: The Book Club Reads Doubt: A History, and Meets Jennifer Michael Hecht —7/04
• Hecht, Jennifer Michael: The Scale of Doubt Quiz —7/04
• Rafferty, John: Why Humanists Must Fire George W. Bush —9/04
• Wheeler, Brad: Some Humanist Humility, Please —10/04
• Claborne, Conrad: A Humanist Answers Brad Wheeler's Questions —11/04
• Rafferty, John: Comment on Claborne, this issue —11/04

Humor (top)

• Anon (R): The Thermodynamics Of Hell —8/99
• Rafferty, John: Godsigns —9/99
• Rance, Hugh: (additions to Rafferty, same issue) —9/99
• Rafferty, John: Kansas Creationists Announce New Curriculum Goals —10/99
• Brilliant, Ashleigh (R): The Y1K Crisis —10/99
• Rafferty, John: From The New York Media —8/01
• Anon (R): In The Regulated Beginning —8/01
• Rafferty, John: Good News And Bad News —9/01
• Rafferty, John: Falwell's Next Press Conference —12/01
• Anon (R): Why God Never Received Tenure At The University —5/02
• Rafferty, John: News Flash: Jesus Ousted, Rev. Moon New "King Of Kings" —9/02
• Williams, Robin (R): Robin Williams On "Under God" —11/02
• Harris, Arthur: 72 Virgins —11/02
• Rafferty, John: Apalachin Redux: The Godless Mafia Meets —12/02
• Allen, Woody (R): Woody Allen On Religion —12/02
• Rafferty, John: 2002: It Was A Tough Year For Religion —1/03
• Gray, John Maclachlan (R): Why Won't Humanists Kill For Their Beliefs? —1/03
• Unsigned: Why We Live In New York: 37 & 16 —1/03
• Unsigned: Professional Courtesy (filler re porn discounts for clergy) —2/03
• Unsigned: Why We Live In New York (#7 Jesus on No Parking sign) —2/03
• Rafferty, John: Virtual Religion —2/03
• Trillin, Calvin (R): "My politics are simple" filler—3/03
• Rafferty, John: Princess Di Still Dead & AfterlifeTelegrams.com —4/03
• Unsigned: Why We Live In New York (#36 Psychic Is In) —4/03
• Unsigned: "The End Is Near," Or Why We Shouldn't Get Too Uppity About Living In New York & "The End Is Near" #2: Uh-Oh —4/03
• Rafferty, John: Freethought Haikus for Passover & Easter —4/03
• Rafferty, John: Emily Litella Lives! (In Amherst, NY) —5/03
• Arents, John: What is a Religion? Some Offbeat Religions —5/03
• Rafferty, John: What is a Religion? A Religion Is É —5/03
• Rafferty, John: Everybody Has To Be Somewhere —6/03
• Santorum, Rick (R): Santorum On Santorum —6/03
• Leno, Jay: Jay Leno On Santorum —6/03
• Unsigned: The Limits of Philosophy —6/03
• Adams, Scott (R): Dogbert On God's Origins —6/03
• Unsigned: Idiocy Roundup —6/03
• Salisbury, Lee (R): Can We Know God? Which God? (with pic) —7/03
• Schissel, Marvin: (letter re "Everybody É Somewhere" June03) —7/03
• Rance, Hugh: (letter re "Everybody É Somewhere" June03) —7/03
• Adams, Douglas (R): (filler re "digital watches neat idea") —7/03
• Unsigned: In Other News From the War Zone (Pontifex Maximus pic) —7/03
• Rafferty, John: McWisdom Of The Ages —7/03
• Unsigned (R): Windex Holy Water (with pic) —7/03
• Tomorrow, Tom (R — cartoon): This Modern World, "Christian Terrorists" —9/03
• Unsigned f Filler: (Apatheism better than Bright?) —9/03
• Unsigned: Unilever Looks Like a Fun Place to Work (with pic) —9/03
• Unsigned filler: (sign-seeking evangelist struck by lightning) —9/03
• Berland, Howard: CrissCross (poem) —9/03
• Adams, Scott (R): "The Vegan Pounced" —10/03
• Unsigned: (filler) Don't eat Babe! —10/03
• Leno, Jay: On a New Iraqi Constitution —10/03
• Unsigned: The Church of Baseball —10/03
• Unsigned (filler): Bart Simpson says Grace at Thanksgiving —11/03
• Unsigned: One Humanist Non-Recommendation in the Nov Elections —11/03
• Maher, Bill (R) (filler): Religion is a childhood trauma É —11/03
• Unsigned (filler): Moon Over Murtosa —11/03
• Anon (The Onion) (R): Pope John Paul II — 25 Years of Laughs —12/03
• Rafferty, John: John XXIV —12/03
• Amend, Bill (Foxtrot cartoon) (R): Too Deep —12/03
• Rafferty, John: Merry SantaClausmas —12/03
• Anon (filler): Christmas: A holiday celebrated É —12/03
• Anon (L.A. Times) (filler — R): New Hampshire Episcopalians É —1/04
• Unsigned (filler - R): Bend Spoons? This Guy Moves Stars! —1/04
• Adams, Scott (R): New Airline Idea —1/04
• Anon (Humanist Network News — R): Who Says Thor Is Dead? —1/04
• Unsigned: You Have a Sore Throat, and É —2/04
• Dickinson, Emily: (filler) faith/microscopes/emergency —2/04
• Dawkins, Richard (filler): Douglas Adams, puddle —2/04
• Bryson, Bill (R): A Short History of Your Own Personal Evolution —2/04
• Unsigned (R): The Artists Are Coming! The Artists Are Coming! —3/04
• Morford, Mark (R): Where Is My Gay Apocalypse? —4/04
• Unsigned (filler): Ecumenical Notes from All Over —4/04
• Rafferty, John: The Three (Make That Eight) Stooges are Alive and Well in Tennessee —5/04
• Unsigned (R): Ask Dr. Laura About the Bible —5/04
• Unsigned (R): And Yet Another Terrorist Threat —5/04
• Johannson, Scarlett (filler): "10-year-old" —6/04
• Unsigned: Mel Gibson's Movie Stirs Passions —6/04
• Anon (R): Top 10 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than Jesus —6/04
• Unsigned: It's Only Weird If Liberals Do It —6/04
• Unsigned (filler) Pop Diva Madonna ("Call Me Esther") Embraces Judaism —7/04
• Unsigned: Rush Limbaugh On The Pictures from Abu Ghraib —7/04
• Anon (R): My Thinking Problem —7/04
• Unsigned: Human Problems and Godly Solutions in 21st Century Asia —9/04
• Unsigned (R): "JesusDressUp" Site is Crucified, then Resurrected —9/04
• Unsigned: Of Buddhists É and Brights É and Brooklyn —9/04
• Dunn, Russell: Palindrome —10/04
• Unsigned: See, We're Just Like Everyone Else —10/04
• Rafferty, John: A Modest Proposal for Equality Under the Law —10/04
• Unsigned (R): What If George Bush Were Running Against Jesus? —11/04
• Cross, David (R) filler: "Crossing Over?" No, church! —11/04
• Unsigned: One Last Shot at G.W.B. (laundry label) —11/04

Immortality/Mortality — Afterlife/Heaven & Hell/Reincarnation (top)

• Greenfield, Jack: Is Immortality Dead? —2/99
• Rance, Hugh: Afterworld Add On —6/99
• Anon (R): The Thermodynamics Of Hell —8/99
• Stocker, Barbara (R): A Rationalist View Of Afterlife —10/99
• Greenfield, Jack: A Natural Heaven —2/00
• Dunn, Russell: The End Of Eternity —2/00
• Schaefer, Horst (R): A Humanist Views The Inevitable —3/00
• Dunn, Russell: Heaven Is Family —6/00
• Greenfield, Jack: Could We Have Lived Other Lives? —4/01
• Haeckel, Ernst (R): (quote re endless eternity) —4/01
• Benbassat, Jacques (R): Mortality Considered —9/01
• Dunn, Russell: Life Before Life —1/02
• Rafferty, John: Princess Di Still Dead & AfterlifeTelegrams.com —4/03

Islam, Terrorism, War (top)

• Michael, Bob (R): Religion At Its Worst —5/99
• Rowell, George: Cultural Destruction And Cultural Amnesia —5/01
• Brown, Diana (R): Faith-Based Justice —10/01
• Rafferty, John: "Legal" Lynching —10/01
• Rance, Hugh: At War Against Terrorism —11/01
• Falwell, Jerry (R): (add-on to Rance, same issue, comments re 9/11) —11/01
• Dawkins, Richard (R): Other Thoughts —11/01
• Arents, John: (filler add-on to Rance, "Éwhy are we surprised?") —11/01
• Rafferty, John: It's The Religion, Stupid —12/01
• Silverman, Herbert (R): (add-on response to Rafferty, same issue) —12/01
• Dawkins, Richard (R): (note re religious delusion) —12/01
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): The Long And Bloody Road —1/02
• Hanson, Victor Davis (R): Ripples Of Battle: Fantasies Give Way To Reality —1/02
• Mill, John Stuart (R): (add-on — on war — to Hanson, same issue) —1/02
• Hoffman, Madelyn (R): (add-on on war — to Hanson, same issue) —1/02
• Harris, Arthur: (response to Hoffman, same issue) —1/02
• Ovenall, Sarah (R): Religious Zealot Quiz —1/02
• Hoodbhoy, Pervez (R): The View From Islamabad —1/02
• McCartan, Edward: (comment on Hoodbhoy, same issue) —1/02
• Arisian, Khoren (R): Another Day Of Infamy: Waking Up To A Changed America —2/02
• Harris, Arthur: (comment on Arisian, same issue) —2/02
• Rothstein, Edward (R): Root Causes Of Terrorism —2/02
• Arents, John: (Concurrence to Rothstein, same issue) —2/02
• Anon (Pakistani woman) (R): ("I named my son Osama") —2/02
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 4 —3/02
• Toynbee, Polly (R): Religious Extremism Must Not Be Put Beyond Criticism —3/02
• Kristof, Nicholas D. (R): A Merciful War —4/02
• Seidman, Barry F. (R): A Merciful War: An Oxymoron —4/02
• Dantone, Gerry (R): (added on to Kristof, Seidman, same issue) —4/02
• Sullivan, Andrew (R): (added on to Dantone, same issue) —4/02
• Smith, George F. (R): Allah Attacks Aristotle: Philosophical Roots of 9/11 —5/02
• Rafferty, John: Aristotle Fights Back! Moses And Jesus Help! —5/02
• Armstrong, Karen (R): Fundamentalism Today Creasy, William (R): Islam And Democracy —11/02
• Rafferty, John: Comment re above —11/02
• Harris, Arthur: 72 Virgins —11/02
• Huntington, Samuel P. (R): Islam And The Godless, Seductive West —11/02
• Unsigned: Our Very Own Christian Terrorist —7/03
• Rafferty, David: (Comment re "Our É Terrorist" same issue) —7/03
• Unsigned (R): Sudan Enters the 14th Century —9/03
• Unsigned (R): In Our Own New and Improved, Enlightened Afghanistan É —9/03
• Unsigned: Judge Roy Moore, In Turbaned Disguise, Comes to New York —1/04
• Unsigned: The Book Club Reads Terror In the Name of God —3/04
• Unsigned (filler): "Terrorism never works" from The West Wing —3/04
• Unsigned (R): And Yet Another Terrorist Threat —5/04
• Rafferty, John: It Isn't About Iraq, It's About America —6/04
• Unsigned: Winning Hearts and Minds in Iraq —6/04
• Ehrenreich, Barbara (R): An End to A Feminist Illusion —7/04
• Unsigned: Rush Limbaugh On The Pictures from Abu Ghraib —7/04
• Hedges, Chris (R): Do We Secretly Love War? —10/04
• Rowell, George: (Report on Samuel Huntington's book) "The Clash of Civilizations and The Remaking of World Order" —11/04

Language (top)

• Nunberg, Geoffrey (R): If It's "Orwellian," It's Probably Not —9/03
• Orwell, George (R — fillers): on clear language; on Newspeak) —9/03
• Roosevelt, T. (R — filler): on "weasel words") —9/03
• Rowell, George: Altruism's Identity Crisis — Part I —1/04
• Rowell, George: Altruism's Identify Crisis — Part II —2/04
• Rafferty, John: Editorial Note on C.E. and B.C.E. —4/04
• Dunn, Russell: Palindrome —10/04

Lectures, Talks, Meetings (top)

• Balmer, Randall (reprtd by John Arents): How Do Fundamentalists Think? —5/99
• Spanier, Dr. Ktziah (reported by John Arents): The Israelites' Conception Of The Divine —6/99
• Mangialetti, Nada: (reported by John Arents): Miraculous Recoveries —5/00
• Bucci, Chaplain Dhammika Anthony, Maha Upasaka (reported by John Arents): Buddhism, A Religion For The Irreligious —6/00
• Buckner, Ed: It's A Free Country — Not A Christian Nation —8/00
• Greco, Karyl: Aging With Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Window Of Opportunity? —11/00
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Fall Of Communism And The Rise of Superstition In China —12/00
• Riggins, Thomas (reported by John Arents): Elihu Palmer And The Origins Of American Free Thought —5/01
• Britten, Sherree (reported by John Arents): Being Wiccan: A Personal Experience —6/01
• Dowret, Arnell (rept by John Arents): Freethinking Spiritual Wonderment —12/01
• Kulko, Ezra, D.D.S. (reported by John Arents): Why Life? —5/02
• Brandkamp, Laura (reported by John Arents): Shamanism: The Truth Behind The Myth —8/02
• Futrell, Mynga and Geisert, Paul (reported by John Arents): Teaching About Religion In Public Schools —8/02
• Unsigned: Dim Sum & Debate, Let's Do It Again —1/03
• Unsigned: John Arents, Editor, Is Honored And Applauded —1/03
• Unsigned: "Primary Ally" Big Winner In "Sense Of The Meeting" Vote —1/03
• D., Jane: Alcoholics Anonymous For Non-Believers —2/03
• Sontag, Susan (R): Do Stuff, Pay Attention —7/03
• Trudeau, Gary (R): Surprise Yourself —7/03
• Unsigned Notice: Dr. Joe Nickell on "The Real X-Files" —10/03
• Rowell, George: An Evening of Real X-Files —11/03
• Arents, John: Bulletin from the Nation's Capital —11/03
• Schissel, Chic, Dr. (R): Is Alternative Medicine Really Religion? —2/04
• Arents, John: The Historicity of Jesus (incl Takaroff and Sorrentino, same issue) —3/04
• Takaroff, Rob: Joshua of Nazareth, As Seen Through the Perspective of Imaginative Time Travel —3/04
• Sorrentino, Roger: The Historical Jesus and His Myths —3/04
• Durant, Will (R): The Argument for Jesus —3/04
• Lifton, Barbara: A Dissenting View (re Takaroff, Sorrentino, Durant, same issue) —3/04
• Arents, John: A Musical Voyage of Discovery with Charles Darwin (by) Richard Milner —3/04
• Unsigned: Paul Grosswald 5/26 meeting notice —5/04
• Claborne, Conrad: From the Front Lines of the "March for Women's Lives" —6/04
• Notice: A Freethinker Tour of New York, June 19 —6/04
• Notice: Gay Pride March, June 27 —6/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Ezra Kulko talk) How Life Started On Earth —7/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Paul Grosswald talk) Cults and Coercion: How Ordinary People are Turned Into Extraordinary Fanatics —7/04
• Unsigned Notice: Alan Brown 9/30, Separation of Church and State —9/04
• Unsigned Notice: Massimo Pigliucci 10/23, Is Evolution a Logical Fallacy? —9/04
• Unsigned Notice: 10/23 lecture: Massimo Pigliucci "Is Evolution a Logical Fallacy?" —10/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Alan Brown talk) The History of, and Challenges to, Separation of Church and State —11/04
• Claborne, Conrad: (Report on CFI-MetroNY panel) "The Ethics of Deception" —11/04
• Unsigned Notice: Natalie Angier in Public Forum Dec. 14 —11/04

Media (top)

• Michael, Bob (R): Religion At Its Worst —5/99
• Drake, Robert (R): Humanist Hypocrisy —5/99
• Rafferty, John: Tony, Carmela, And God —6/01
• Rafferty, John: From The New York Media —8/01
• Rafferty, John: It's The Religion, Stupid —12/01
• Rowell, George: Is Secular Humanism Progressing? —6/02
• Schechter, Danny (R): What's Wrong With A "Happy Ending" News Story? —4/03
• Claborne, Conrad: (Report on CFI-MetroNY panel) "The Ethics of Deception" —11/04
• Rafferty, John: "Is God In Our Genes?" Yes, If It Sells Magazines —11/04
• Zimmer, Carl (R): "Is God In Our Genes?" Probably Not, Certainly Not Proved —11/04
• Harris, Art: "Is God In Our Genes?" No, and Don't Be Ludicrous —11/04

Origins: Universe, Life (top)

• Arents, John: (comment re Dunn this issue, ie: God as a scientist) —3/99
• Stockton, Eric (R): Perfection, Function, Design, And Chance —9/99
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Something From Nothing? —12/01
• Kulko, Ezra, D.D.S. (reported by John Arents): Why Life? —5/02
• Strayer, Jim (R): Lower Forms Of Life —6/02
• Rance, Hugh: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? —6/02
• Rafferty, John: Great Oz —12/02
• Gould, Stephen Jay (R); Thought For An April Morning (filler) —4/03
• Rafferty, John: Everybody Has To Be Somewhere —6/03
• Arents, John: (Report on Ezra Kulko talk) How Life Started On Earth —7/04
• Light, Flash: Big Bang Theory —9/04
• Easterbrook, Gregg (R): The End Is Nigh? —9/04
• Fuller, Buckminster (filler): (nothing in universe is obvious) —9/04

Personal Experience (top)

• Rafferty, John: When I Found Out —8/99
• Rafferty, John: An Atheist's Christmas, 1999 —12/99
• Dunn, Russell: Down A One-Way Street —5/00
• Greco, Karyl: Aging With Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy: A Window Of Opportunity? —11/00
• Britten, Sherree (reported by John Arents): Being Wiccan: A Personal Experience —6/01
• Friedberg, Barbara: Religion In A Free-Thinking Home —9/01
• Friedberg, Barbara: Religion In A Free-Thinking Home: 2 —9/02
• Arents, John: Valedictory —10/02
• Rafferty, David: Picking Fights With Rabbis —11/03
• Harris, Art: An Encounter —1/04

Philosophy (top)

• Rance, Hugh: Principles of Humanism —11/99
• Morem, Sally (R): Free Universe, Free Societies, Free Minds (response to Bernstein, same issue —4/00
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): The Rationalistic Fallacy —5/00
• Rowell, George: The Error Of The Rationalistic Fallacy —8/00
• Edwards, Frederick (R): What Is Humanism? —9/00
• Kurtz, Paul (R): The Courage To Become —10/00
• Smith, George F. (R): Allah Attacks Aristotle: Philosophical Roots of 9/11 —5/02
• Rafferty, John: Aristotle Fights Back! Moses And Jesus Help! —5/02
• Madigan, Timothy: The True Believer Revisited —6/02
• Ferguson, Martha (R): Philosophy For Life —12/02
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Is Philosophy Useless? —12/02
• Bernard, Victor: What is a Religion? Religion is a Worldview —5/03
• Rafferty, John: Everybody Has To Be Somewhere —6/03
• Unsigned: The Limits of Philosophy —6/03
• Schissel, Marvin: (letter re "Everybody É Somewhere" June03) —7/03
• Rance, Hugh: (letter re "Everybody É Somewhere" June03) —7/03
• Rauch, Jonathan (R): Apatheism: America's Default Religion? —9/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Demon of Determinism — Part 1 —11/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Demon of Determinism — Part 2 —12/03
• Arents, John: A Thought On Free Will —12/03
• Light, Flash: A Humanist/Pantheist Art Project —1/04
• Russell, Bertrand (R): FreeThinking and Orthodoxy —4/04

Political Correctness (top)

• Arents, John: Equal Opportunity Dogmatism —8/99
• Harris, Arthur: The Assault On Good News —2/00
• Rafferty, John: I'm Afraid To Hate Myself —10/01
• Summers, Lawrence and Tribe, Laurence (R): Race Is Never Neutral —6/03
• Horstein, Michael (R): comment on Summers and Laurence —6/03
• Arents, John: Affirmative Action In The Good Old Days —6/03
• Rothman, Stanley (R): Is Diversity Overrated? —6/03
• Milne, Andrew (R): comment on Rothman —6/03
• Schwartz, Peter (R): The Racism of "Diversity" —6/03
• Rance, Hugh: What's In A Name —6/03
• Rafferty, John: Celebrate Columbus Day! —10/03
• Shermer, Michael (R): The Ignoble Savage —10/03

Politics (top)

• Hyman, Larry (R): What's Wrong With Extremism In Politics? —2/99
• Hyman, Larry (R): Sex, Politics And Humanism —4/99
• Rance, Hugh: Averted Gazes —5/99
• Harris, Arthur: Gore Gores Government For God —8/99
• Hyman, Larry (R): Hard-To-Please Conservatives —11/99
• Lavan, Michael: America Today Similar To Rome Before The Fall —1/00
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): Governor Jesse Ventura: An Honest Politician In Trouble For Being Honest —1/00
• Harris, Arthur: The Assault On Good News —2/00
• Bernstein, Andrew (R): Religion And Capitalism —4/00
• Rowell, George: Save Humanism From Such Allies (response to Bernstein and Morem, same issue) —4/00
• Bailey, Keith (R): A New Religious Litmus Test Emerges In U.S. Politics —5/00
• Harris, Arthur: Political Piety —5/00
• Arents, John: (commentary on Harris, same issue) —5/00
• Klein, Dorothy S.: Let's Get Together —5/00
• Alexander, Aaron: (letter re Bernstein, Morem in 4/00) —6/00
• Kluepfel, Charles: (letter re Rowell, Rafferty in 4/00) —6/00
• Bailey, Keith: (letter re Rowell in 4/00) —6/00
• Kluepfel, Charles: (letter re Bailey in 6/00) —8/00
• Riggins, Thomas; (letter re Kluepfel and Struble letters, 8/00) —10/00
• Harris, Arthur: (letter re Sen. Joe Lieberman's religiosity) —11/00
• McCartan, Edward F.: (letter re Sen. Joe Lieberman's religiosity) —11/00
• Cheren, Rita: (letter re Novak NYTimes 8% estimate of non-godly) —11/00
• Castle, Marie Alena (R): Civil Religion Fuels Anti-Atheist Bigotry —1/01
• Dantone, Gerry (R): Dogma Reaches The Right And Left —10/01
• Rafferty, John: I'm Afraid To Hate Myself —10/01
• Claborne, Conrad: Matters Of Choice: 4 —3/02
• Traficant, James (R): ("godless scientists can't find toilet" filler) —9/02
• Harris, Arthur: ("Saint" Juan Diego and bribee Torricelli filler) —9/02
• Chuman, Joseph (R): Judgment On Atheists, Agnostics, And Humanists, Now And Then —9/02
• Buckley, William F., Jr. (R): Fasting For Church/State —10/02
• Unsigned: New Year Resolutions For New York Humanists — 2003 —1/03
• Arents, John: Is "Conservative" A Dirty Word? —3/03
• Cohen, Max & Carol (R): Can A Humanist Be A Political Conservative? —3/03
• Trillin, Calvin (R): "My politics are simple" filler—3/03
• Harris, Art: What Does A Conservative Humanist Believe? —3/03
• Flynn, Tom (R): Is Secular Humanism Political? —3/03
• Rafferty, John: Can Conservatives Publish In PIQUE? —3/03
• Erickson, George (R): "Yellow lines and dead armadillos" filler—3/03
• Moyers, Bill (R): Patriotism And The Flag —4/03
• Epstein, Alex (ARI) (R): "Science By Permission of Religion" —4/03
• Unsigned: Your Representatives At Work —7/03
• Schissel, Dr. Marvin (Chic): Left: Define the Terms —7/03
• Harris, Art: Right: The Definitions Have Changed —7/03
• Unsigned: Our Very Own Christian Terrorist —7/03
• Rafferty, David: (Comment re "Our É Terrorist" same issue) —7/03
• Rafferty, John: How Bright Is This Idea? —7/03
• Schissel, Marvin J. Humanism and Flag-Waving —9/03
• Kleinman, Mark A. R. (R): Faith-Based Fudging —10/03
• Unsigned: And If It Doesn't Work in Texas É —10/03
• Unsigned: One More Shot at Jeb Bush —10/03
• Rafferty, John: Death Penalty Logic —11/03
• Unsigned: One Humanist Non-Recommendation in the Nov Elections —11/03
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Bush, The Pope, and Gay Rights —12/03
• Gorenfeld, John (R): Bad Moon Rising Over the White House —12/03
• Rafferty, John: I Do, I Do —1/04
• Watson, Danie (filler - R): A Modest Proposal —1/04
• Jacoby, Susan (R): One Nation, Under Secularism —2/04
• Rafferty, Colin: Your Tax Dollars At Work —2/04
• Unsigned: Christian Love and Charity at Work —2/04
• Rafferty, John: Updates —2/04
• Unsigned: Omnipotent and Omnipresent, But Not, It Seems, Omniscient —3/04
• Sagan, Carl (filler): "If we can't think for ourselves É" —3/04
• Bovard, James (R): Free Speech Zones —4/04
• Rafferty, John: One Big Free Speech Zone —4/04
• Unsigned: 2.7 Million More Terrorists Under the Bed —4/04
• Pigliucci, Massimo (R): Liberal Vs. Illiberal Democracy —6/04
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (filler): "bulwark of liberty É strong people" —6/04
• Harris, Arthur: Who Cares If Kerry Takes Communion? We Should. —6/04
• Unsigned: The Presidential Issues of PIQUE —9/04
• Rafferty, John: Why Humanists Must Fire George W. Bush —9/04
• Kerry, John (filler): (America needs a president to promote science) —9/04
• Schissel, Chic (filler): (Bush worst president) —9/04
• Ferrara, Maria (filler): (Vote for Kerry) —9/04
• Harris, Art: Voting for Kerry, Holding My Nose —9/04
• Rooney, Andy (R): Using the Flag —9/04
• Hertzberg, Hendrick (R): New Time Religion —9/04
• Brandeis, Louis (filler): (most important political office is private citizen) —9/04
• Abrams, Sol: George W. Bush's GOP Has Become the POG —10/04
• Light, Flash: If the 2000 Election Had Turned Out Differently —10/04
• Marxer, Donna: The Elephant In My Living Room —10/04
• Mandel, George: The Dumbell's Dilemma —10/04
• Takaroff, Rob: Secular Greens —10/04
• Wheeler, Brad: Some Humanist Humility, Please —10/04
• Arents, John: (Report on Alan Brown talk) The History of, and Challenges to, Separation of Church and State —11/04
• Claborne, Conrad: A Humanist Answers Brad Wheeler's Questions —11/04
• Rafferty, John: Comment on Claborne, this issue —11/04
• Mandel, George: The Chaos Candidate. Civil War Two, Anyone? —11/04
• Abrams, Sol: What If George W. Bush Were Running Against Thomas Jefferson? —11/04<