Category Archives: Editorials

This editorial appeared in the Mobile Register in Mobile, Alabama on November 17 2002 on Page 1D in the Insight Section. Leader of atheist group supports Boy Scout ban by BLAIR SCOTT Special to the Register Blair Scott is president … Continue reading →

NOTE: I wrote this editorial almost a decade ago. Since writing it, I have come to a different conclusion: Jesus never existed in the first place. Did Jesus exist? What implications does this have for modern Christianity? As a skeptic, … Continue reading →

There is no doubt that Alabama’s Legislative body has violated Amendment 1 of the Constitution of the United States. We can sue the state of Alabama and force this issue all the way through the Alabama Supreme Court and to … Continue reading →

The snow is falling upon a small village in Northern Europe. The adults have set out the Yule log and the children are waiting in anticipation to celebrate the birth of their Lord. The night is full of celebration and … Continue reading →

What is atheism? It seems like such a simple question, does it not? Yet this question leads one to discover a multitude of other questions, many misconceptions, the perpetuation of misinformation, and straight-forward lying. The history of educating the masses … Continue reading →

Seventy-five years ago a trial began in Tennessee that became one of the best-known trials in history (even OJ does not compare). On January 21 1925, State Rep. John Butler introduced House Bill No. 185 to the Tennessee House of … Continue reading →

Absolutely nothing is wrong with prayer in school. There is something ethically wrong with disruptive prayer in the classroom. There is something constitutionally wrong with school-endorsed (mandated) prayer. We are fortunate to live in a country that gives us freedom … Continue reading →