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CONTENT FOR ISSUE 228
EDITORIAL: IMAGINE A PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION / Simon Parcher
Humanism is foremost a theory of life, or philosophy. It is also a philosophy of action.Imagine No Religion / Janet Brazill
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national freethought group of atheists, agnostics and skeptics, erected a billboard in Colorado Springs that delivers the simple, thought-provoking message, “Imagine No Religion.”Violence’s Imaginarium: War is Hell / Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Russian aggression in Ukraine that has destroyed whole cities and killed thousands of innocent citizens is of deep concern to citizens in the western world. Humanists now have the opportunity to help fund a colleague who has committed to documenting the Russo-Ukrainian war.Imagine Speaking Truth to Power / Nancy Kay
I found myself presenting to the Mayor, Councillors, administrators and an overflowing gallery in our local municipal chambers. I was stating my opposition to a motion brought forward by one Councillor to restrict flag raisings in our community to only federal, provincial and municipal flags.The Peace School: A Heart Beating for a Better Life / Dr. Nasser Yousefi
In a segment of this vast city, like all cities around the world, there are individuals whose hearts beat to make life better. They dream of aiding humanity's well-being, striving for everyone to have a dignified and valuable life.Let's start peace with children / Dr. Nasser Yousefi
Looking at the world's situation each passing day, I believe more and more that it is better to start peace with children, from childhood. All events worldwide show that the people who have assumed official and governmental responsibilities in different countries have not been familiar with pacifist ideas and have...Peace as the Integration of Harmony, Freedom, and Justice / Glen T Martin
The mandala of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth symbolizes the harmony of the whole that emerges from ratification and implementation of the Constitution for humankind.Love in the Time of Turkeys / Monique Montgomery
“Poor turkey.” My mom says it every year at Thanksgiving as she pats the naked, headless bird on her kitchen counter. She says it while massaging the skin with nutmeg and butter in preparation for the oven. Until now, I thought it was funny to feel so bad for a...Can Investigative Journalism and Humanist activism be combined in one person? / Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
Can Investigative Journalism and Humanist activism be combined in one person? - Scott Jacobsen interviewed by Lloyd RobertsonWe are all African: An Interview with Dr. Christopher DiCarlo 20 Years Later / Dr. Christopher DiCarlo
In 2005, I was teaching a Critical Thinking course at a Southern Ontario university to 93 students. It occurred to me with the research that I had done it at Harvard earlier in the 2000s that the evidence was overwhelming for human origins that the descent came from Africa.
