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Humanist Thought of the Week - Inspiration to live a better life with Jennifer Hancock, founder of Humanist Learning Systems
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Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011
1 min
A few years ago I lost a good friend to what I am very sure is mental illness.
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Nov 15, 2011
1 min
It is hard to console someone who is grieving. We want to say we feel bad for them. But … often we are clumsy in expressing ourselves.
Read the rest of this entry »Oct 11, 2011
Oct 11, 2011
1 min
Dealing with obnoxious people is always annoying. I always find though, that it helps to remind myself that it’s not about me.
Read the rest of this entry »Sep 27, 2011
Sep 27, 2011
1 min
Last week, the state of GA killed a man most people believe to be innocent. It has become abundantly clear that our death penalty system doesn’t work. It hasn’t for a long time. We made it legal to kill innocent people about 18 years ago courtesy of Herrera v. Collins. Regardless, we aren’t going to be able to stop the insanity that is the death penalty until we agree that not only is it not ok to kill innocent people. It’s not ok to kill the guilty either. And yes, this does require us to extend our compassion to people who have committed heinous crimes. Until we are willing to be compassionate with everyone, including murderers, our bloodlust will continue to kill the innocent along with the guilty. I don’t know about you, but my heart simply can’t take much more of this brutality. I support the National Coalition to Abolition the Death Penalty - I hope you will too. http://www.ncadp.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrera_v._Collins
Sep 6, 2011
Sep 6, 2011
1 min
Labor Day was yesterday. Did you thank a union member? I ask because recently there has been a LOT of anti-union rhetoric being thrown around. People seem to forget what led to the unions was: 16 hour work days and the fact that people used to be owned by their employers. Sure, you got paid, but you had to give all your money back to pay for your company provided housing and food. To win the right to not be owned by your employer, people joined unions. And yes, some of them died to gain basic rights for workers. We enjoy Labor Day each year because the US government felt guilty for ordering US Marshalls to shoot and kill workers during the Pullman strike. So the next time you hear someone going on a rant about how horrid unions are, consider how horrid life was for most Americans before they formed the unions.