Freethought Today

Freethought Today, the only freethought newspaper in North America, is published 10 times a year (with combined issues in January/February and June/July). Edited by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Today covers timely news related to state/church separation and includes articles of interest to freethinkers.

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Freethought Today is not an online publication. Below are selected excerpts from past issues:

May 2009
Seattle to be Site of Upbeat Gala -- Meet Up in Alabama for 4th -- It Pays To Complain -- FFRF Launches Online Forum -- FFRF Billboards in Kansas -- Overheard -- State/Church Bulletin -- Its Unbelievable! -- Nominations Accepted for Student Activist Award -- Confronting the Anything Goes Red Herring by John Carver -- Powerless Prayer? by Brian Bolton -- Reviewing Darwin Books for Children by Nan Sincero -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Memoriam: Jean Gams -- Climb High for Freethough -- FFRF Outreach to College Students -- New Office Staff, Secularism, and an "Atheist Honey"

April 2009
The Other Easters, by Barbara G. Walker -- More articles coming soon

March 2009
New Bus Signs Debut -- Billboards Celebrate Darwin Day -- Ohio Billboard Stolen, Replaced -- It Pays To Complain -- 2009 Student Essay Scholarships -- Dodge County Board Suspends Prayers -- In Memorial, Catherine Fahringer, 1922-2008 -- In Memorial: Clara Carlson -- FFRF Campus Tour, Debates - East Coast -- Freethought Across the Board -- Not So Intelligent Designer by Lester Goldstein -- 2008 Freethinker of the Year: We Are Not Alone by Kay Staley -- Let There Be Light Verse, a book review of Karma, Dharma, Pudding & Pie by Philip Appleman by Dan Barker -- Protest Obama's Faith-based Executive Order! by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor -- Cartoon by Don Addis

January/February 2009
In Memorial, Clara A. Carlson, 1906-2009 -- In Memorial, Catherine Fahringer, 1922-2008 -- FFRF Sues County over Catholic Creche Violation -- FFRF Defends "Good Friday" Court Order 0Challenge to Inaugural Religion Filed -- FFRF Oath Challenge by Mike Newdow -- It Pays To Complain -- News Notes -- Two Weeks of Life: Reflections on Religion and Politics by Eleanor Clift -- Why I Became A Plantiff by Paul T. Rappel -- Just Try It: Imagine No Religion by Janet Brazill -- Sybil's Big Adventure -- Book Review of Philip Appleman's Darwin's Ark by Dan Barker -- Cartoons by Don Addis

December 2008
FFRF Sues City Over Billboard -- FFRF Stops Prayers at Iraq Base: Silence from Pentagon -- Victory: Green Bay Stays Secular in 2008 -- FFRF Pursues Electioneering Violations by Priest, Catholic Group in Colorado -- In Memoriam: Kay Elwers -- In Memoriam: Lois A. Walker -- In Memoriam: Mildred -- Excitement at Washington Capitol -- Solstice Signs Capitol Idea -- Wisconsin Capitol's FFRF Winter Solstice Display -- Atheist in a Foxhole by Army Specialist Jeremy Hall -- Don Addis' Take on Prop 8 cartoons by Don Addis -- The Winter Solstice A Column by Barbara G. Walker -- Allow People To Worship . . . Or Not by Andrea McCormick -- Burned by Bernstein, Newdow Takes Solace in Solstice by Mike Newdow -- Pagan Pulpit: Gays, Marriage & the Bible by Dan Barker -- Winter Solstice Song & Cards

November 2008
Godless Hits Bookstores -- Nebraska Senator Ernie Chambers Versus God -- Nov. 5 Historic Footnote on Guy Fawkes -- A Short History of Marriage, A Column by Barbara G. Walker -- Bring Us Back to Reality, by Scott Dikkers, Editor of the Onion -- The Right to Go to Hell!, by Jim McCollum with introduction by Annie Laurie Gaylor -- The Ride of a Lifetime, by Mark Collins -- Midnight in the Garden of Faith and Reason, by Alex Schroller

October 2008
Billboard News From Around the Country -- Cherry Creek School Violation Linked to Lutheran Brotherhood -- FFRF Green Bay Nativity Lawsuit Gets Support; Awaits Action -- FFRF Sues Bush, Dobson, Doyle Over National Day Of Prayer -- In Memoriam -- Moroccan Feminine Wiles by Sarah Braasch -- Witches Past And Present A column by Barbara Walker -- Cannon Fodder for the Gods by Normon B. LeClair -- "Religulous"-Freethought Flick of the Year by Annie Laurie Gaylor -- Church Politicking Is Uncivil Disobedience A statement by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor

September 2008
FFRF Message Makes Secular Point at Denver, St. Paul Conventions -- “Imagine No Religion” Billboard Media Blitz Hits Phoenix -- FFRF Gets Tough over Prayer at Public Senior Centers -- New Hampshire “Under God” Lawsuit Proceeds -- A Secular Invocation for the ROTC — 2008 Thomas Jefferson Youth Activist Award by Julia Cicci -- The Christian Soil of the Holocaust — Part II by William Sierichs, Jr. -- College Essay Winners Chosen -- Hide the Bacon and the Wine: From Islam to Agnosticism, by Sakina Walsh -- Of Gods and Glasses, by Nicole Pepperl -- It Began With a Question, by Andrea Nostramo -- Taking the Road Less Traveled – An Atheist Among Catholics, by Stephen Utschig-Samuels

August 2008
FFRF Accepted for Combined Federal Campaign -- FFRF's Message Goes to Seattle -- FFRF Gets Tough over Prayer at Public Senior Centers -- 2008 High School Winning Essays Choosen -- FFRF Halts Marriage Oath -- State Church Bulletin -- Theocracy Alert -- Atheists are Your Friends and Neighbors – And Have Much to Offer the World by Bill van Druten -- Lilith's Rant by Barbara G. Walker -- Headscarf or Humanity? by Sarah Braasch -- The Christian Soil of the Holocaust by William Sierichs, Jr. -- Marquee Madness

June/July 2008
Watchdog Asks Wisconsin Assembly to Stop Praying -- Evangelism Group Intervenes in FFRF Suit -- Denver Billboard Grabs Spotlight -- Foundation Takes on Bizarre Trio of Federal Violations -- Harvard Debate: Barker Vs. D'Souza -- Getting Acquainted with Freethinkers by Harold Saferstein, M.D. -- Violence in Religion by Barbara G. Walker -- The Real Religious Terrorism by Sarah Braasch -- From Verdi's "Requiem" to "Let's Get Together" by Annie Laurie Gaylor -- What Is a Good Righteous Person? by Rochelle Weiss -- Sign Up Now for 31st FFRF Convention! -- Heathen by Arturo Vivante -- In the News

May 2008
FFRF Bids $1,200 on Holmen "Star Hill" Site with Cross -- FFRF Sues State over Subsidy of Child Evangelism Group in Wisconsin School -- FFRF Objects to Sheriff Department-Sponsored Prayer Breakfast -- Red Carpet for Pope-Taxpayers Billed -- State/Church Bulletin -- Pledging Allegiance to Secularism -- The Meanings of Prayer by Barbara G. Walker -- Sacrificing Children on the Altar of Parents' Fanatical Faith -- Atheism in the College Classroom -- My Long Apostasy -- Fervor, Fraud, and Foolishness -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words

April 2008:
"You Should Be Shot in the Head" -- May "Ten Commandments Weekend" Proposed By Senate Resolution -- Theocrats Resign Amid Scandals -- In the News -- Theocracy Alert -- Dawkins' Tour "Captivates" American Audiences -- FFRF Billboard Design Wins Local "Addy" -- When Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied by Robert R. Tiernan -- God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens -- Olivia's Story: Helping a Young Freethinker Blossom by Dina Davis -- Nova Consciencia -- "New Conscience" by Dan Barker -- Fathers and Son by David Fletcher -- Rejecting Religion, Embracing Human Rights and Dignity by Jennifer Kirby -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Their Own Words -- Overheard

March 2008:
War of the Billboards -- Theocracy Alert -- FFRF Billboard Goes Up in Columbus, Ohio -- State/Church Bulletin -- Religion and the Inner Child by Barbara G. Walker -- Is Atheism the New Black? by Katha Pollitt -- Evolution of a Freethinker: Catholic Education Forcing Young Minds to Deal with an Irrational Philosophy by Paul Harang -- My Life Without God by Yekaterina Bachko -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Their Own Words -- It Pays To Complain!

January/February 2008:
FFRF "Under God" Lawsuit Heats Up -- 2008 Student Essay Scholarship Contests Announced -- State/Church Bulletin -- Theocracy Alert -- H.R. 888 Distorts U.S. Secular History -- Freethinker Rebuffed by Elks Club by Billie Sieg -- Happy Birthday, Darwin! by Jane R. Shoup -- Religious Hypocrisy by Romela E. Petrosyan -- Original Morality by Dae Smith -- Life in the Heartland for a San Francisco Liberal by Stephanie Salter -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- In Their Own Words -- Overheard -- Historic Invitation for FFRF -- Sharing the Hate Mail

December 2007:
FFRF Suit Challenges Green Bay Creche -- FFRF's Winter Solstice Display Educates Visitors at Wisconsin Capitol for 13th Year -- "The Ugliest Nativity Scenes in the World" -- Theocracy Alert -- Good State/Church News -- Support "The Golden Compass" Movie and Books -- FFRF's Billboards Make Statements in Georgia, Pennsylvania -- Those Heathen "Christmas" Trees by Dan Barker -- Getting Acquainted with An Atheist in a Foxhole by John Scripp III -- Peace on Earth? Keep Religion Separate by Dan Barker -- Presenting Julia Sweeney by Julia Sweeney -- Why I Do Not Need Religion To Be Moral by Mahesh Murali -- From Within by Sarah Wells -- In Their Own Words -- FFRF Campus Tour: Texas and Michigan -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- Co-Prez Speaks to Spokane Chapter

November 2007:
Billboards Greet Atlanta, Rural Pennsylvania -- Newdow, FFRF Launch "Under God" Challenge in New Hampshire Pledge of Allegiance Case -- "Golden Compass" Movie Challenges Belief -- Secularists Chide Gov. Perdue for His Prayer Service to Pray for Rain -- Michael Newdow Issues "Solstice Classic" CD -- Theocracy Alert -- State/Church Bulletin -- It's All About Honesty by James A. Haught -- A Champion of the First Amendment by Ellery Schempp -- Death by Barbara G. Walker -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- Wronged by the Court's Fine Print -- Overheard -- Dan's California Secular Student Alliance Tour -- Clara's Solstice Card, Other New Solstice Cards from FFRF

October 2007:
Colorado School District Urges Churchgoing -- Reaching Out to the UnMassed Masses -- FFRF's Upbeat 30th Annual Convention Attracts Record 750 Registrants to Gala in Madison, Wis. -- FFRF's National Radio Venture -- Theocracy Alert -- State/Church Bulletin -- Protesting "One Nation Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance by Emma Martens -- "You Belong In Hell" by Matthew LaCLair -- Religious Tests for Public Office by Robert Weitzel -- Getting Acquainted with Jacques LeFresne by Jacques LeFresne -- A Troubling Court Ruling by Linda Allewalt -- Habecker Appeal Heard in September by Robert R. Tiernan -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words -- Cartoons by Don Addis -- Infidel Info

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